ăb'dĭ-kāt'
resign (related)
To relinquish (a privilege, right, or claim).
To formally give up title to; to abandon (renounce title); to decline recognition of (renounce one’s duty to serve).
To renounce or surrender (something owned, a right, etc.)
To surrender possession of, especially by treaty.
defend (antonym)
(Sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous edition of that competition.
abandon (related)
To leave, as in danger or out of necessity; forsake; desert
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To decide or declare that one will not or will no longer use or be associated with (something):
To transfer (one's interest in property) without warranty as to the extent of ownership on the part of the seller.
To give way to pressure or force:
To cause to leave or return:
Demit is defined as to quit or fire.
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(Idiomatic) To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
To give or pay (something due or owed)
To give up (a claim or right, for example) voluntarily; relinquish.
To forego is defined as to go before.
To let be or do without interference.
To quit is to stop doing something, or to formally leave a job.
To leave (a house, room, etc.) uninhabited or untenanted; give up the occupancy of
defy (antonym)
To refuse to submit to or cooperate with:
remain (antonym)
To be left or left over when the rest has been taken away, destroyed, or disposed of in some way
assume (antonym)
Assume means to fulfill the obligations of someone else's position by taking over his job.
keep (related)
To remain in a state or condition; stay:
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acquiesce (related)
capitulate (related)
abdication (related)
claim (antonym)
To demand, ask for, or take as one's own or one's due:
maintain (antonym)
Maintain is defined as to keep in a current state in order to prevent from failing or breaking or to carry on or to support or provide.
retain (antonym)
To hold or keep in possession
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assert (antonym)
To put into action boldly; employ or demonstrate:
challenge (antonym)
Challenge means to stop someone and ask for their identification.
Find another word for abdicate. In this page you can discover 37 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for abdicate, like: resign, renounce, relinquish, cede, give up, defend, abandon, forswear, step down, quitclaim and surrender.
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