abdicate (third-person singular simple present abdicates, present participle abdicating, simple past and past participle abdicated) (transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. [mid 16th – early 19th c.] More @Wikipedia
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