Third person singular present tense of 'abdicate': to renounce or relinquish a throne, title, or responsibility.
From Latin 'abdicat', the third person singular present form of 'abdicare', combining 'ab-' (away) and 'dicare' (to proclaim).
The verb 'abdicate' is interesting because it's almost always used in serious, formal contexts—you rarely hear it in everyday speech, which makes it feel like a word preserved in amber from when monarchies were the center of world politics.
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