abdicate (v)
renounce#1 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 41
def give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
examples The King abdicated when he married a divorcee
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Outgoing links
Hypernym vacate, resign, renounce, give up
Derivationally related form renounce → renunciation; renounce → renunciation
Derivationally related form renounce → renouncement
Derivationally related form abdicate → abdicable; abdicate → abdication; abdicate → abdication; abdicate → abdicator
Incoming links
Derivationally related form abdicable → abdicate; abdication → abdicate; abdication → abdicate; abdicator → abdicate
Derivationally related form renunciation → renounce; renunciation → renounce
Derivationally related form renouncement → renounce
Hyponym vacate, resign, renounce, give up

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