The king must abdicate.
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Abdicate
//ˈæb.dɪˌkeɪt//
Synonyms for "abdicate" (88 found)
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Closest matches (18)
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Related words (44)
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4 entriesSynonyms
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
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6 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
90 translations across 32 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- абдикирам verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
- отказвам се от verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
Catalan
2 entries- abdicar verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
- abdicar verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 拒絕 /拒绝 verb (to reject, cast off, discard)
- 禪讓 /禅让 verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
- 禪讓 /禅让 verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
- 辭職 /辞职 verb (to disclaim and expel from family — see also disinherit)
Czech
2 entries- abdikovat verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
- abdikovat verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
Danish
1 entries- abdicere verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
Dutch
4 entries- afstand doen van verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
- afwijzen verb (to reject, cast off, discard)
- onterven verb (to disclaim and expel from family — see also disinherit)
- verstoten verb (to reject, cast off, discard)
Esperanto
1 entries- eksreĝiĝi verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
Finnish
4 entries- erota tehtävästä verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
- erota virasta verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
- hylätä verb (to disclaim and expel from family — see also disinherit)
- hylätä verb (to reject, cast off, discard)
French
2 entries- abdiquer verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
- abdiquer verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
Georgian
1 entries- გადადგომა verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
German
4 entries- abdanken verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
- abdanken verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
- ausstoßen verb (to disclaim and expel from family — see also disinherit)
- verweigern verb (to reject, cast off, discard)
Greek
2 entries- αποποιούμαι verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
- παραιτούμαι verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
Interlingua
1 entries- abdicar verb (to reject, cast off, discard)
Irish
1 entries- tabhair suas verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
Italian
4 entries- abdicare verb (to disclaim and expel from family — see also disinherit)
- abdicare verb (to reject, cast off, discard)
- abdicare verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
- abdicare verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
Japanese
1 entries- 退位する verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
Latin
1 entries- abdicō verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
Macedonian
1 entries- се откажува verb (to disclaim and expel from family — see also disinherit)
Māori
1 entries- whakataka verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- abdisere verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
- abdisere verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
- avvise verb (to reject, cast off, discard)
- fornekte verb (to disclaim and expel from family — see also disinherit)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- abdisere verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
- avvise verb (to reject, cast off, discard)
- fornekte verb (to disclaim and expel from family — see also disinherit)
- fråseie seg verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
Occitan
1 entries- abdicar verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
Polish
1 entries- abdykować verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
Portuguese
4 entries- abdicar verb (to reject, cast off, discard)
- abdicar verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
- abdicar verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
- deserdar verb (to disclaim and expel from family — see also disinherit)
Romagnol
1 entries- abdichêr verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
Russian
4 entries- отка́зываться verb (to reject, cast off, discard)
- отказа́ться verb (to reject, cast off, discard)
- отре́чься verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
- отрека́ться verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- abdicírati verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
- abdicírati verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
- odreći verb (to disclaim and expel from family — see also disinherit)
- абдици́рати verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
Spanish
4 entries- abdicar verb (to disclaim and expel from family — see also disinherit)
- abdicar verb (to reject, cast off, discard)
- abdicar verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
- abdicar verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
Swedish
4 entries- abdikera verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
- avsäga sig verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
- avvisa verb (to reject, cast off, discard)
- ge upp verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
Tagalog
2 entries- magbitiw verb (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)
- magdimiti verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
Tamil
2 entries- துற verb (to reject, cast off, discard)
- வெளியேற்று verb (to disclaim and expel from family — see also disinherit)
Vietnamese
4 entries- bỏ verb (to disclaim and expel from family — see also disinherit)
- thoái vị verb (to renounce a throne or other high office)
- từ bỏ verb (to disclaim and expel from family — see also disinherit)
- từ bỏ verb (to reject, cast off, discard)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The Emperor Akihito of Japan has announced his intention to abdicate.
Source: tatoeba (5397278)
The king was forced to abdicate.
Source: tatoeba (6695404)
I am prepared to abdicate.
Source: tatoeba (9040798)
Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.
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