1. (v. t.) To surrender or relinquish power; to withdraw from a high office; as, to abdicate the throne\, the crown, the papacy.

2. (v. t.) To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc.

3. (v. t.) To reject; to cast off.

4. (v. t.) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.

5. (v. i.) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity.

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