ABDICATE

(verb) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
"The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
synonyms : renounce
Home minister has to abdicate his duties after huge failure at Mumbai blast case. -added by shingalas
We abdicate our liberty, freedom, democracy and power to those whose designs are entirely selfish. -added by BagomboSnuffbox
When she sold her story to the Daily Rag, she we abdicated her dignity and self-respect. -added by BagomboSnuffbox
SRK has abdicated his thrown after 30 long years now v r searching for the new king of bollywood. -added by priyavanjeri
SRK has abdicated his thrown after 30 long years now v r searching for the new king of bollywood. -added by priyavanjeri
SRK has abdicated his thrown after 30 long years now v r searching for the new king of bollywood. -added by priyavanjeri

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Sonia Gandhi abdicated the position of Prime Minister and surprised the whole world.

Selected Mnemonic for abdicate

(Tag: Global) ab (root ab means away as in abandon) + dic (dictatorship) + ate (to eat and hence reduce) : means to give away (or reduce) dictatorship and hence to give-up power.
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Mnemonics for abdicate

(Tag: ) ab+dicate dicate sounds like dictator. Dictator is an authoritarian ruler who has lot of power. To remember better,ab normal is opposite to normal.So,abdicate is opposite to dictator (ie)losing power.
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(Tag: Hindi) ab(अब ) di (दी ) CAT which means in Hindi "now given up the cat", imagine you have a powerful cat and you given her to some one.
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(Tag: ) "Ab nai dictate" means now u hav to giv up.
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(Tag: ab dikha de chair chod ke means abdicate the chair and show us....) ab-di-ca-de
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(Tag: indian epic) Lord Ram abdicated his kingdom for Bharath
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(Tag: ab) dominique strauss khan abdicated the position of IMF head due to the rape charges
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(Tag: ab) dominique strauss khan abdicated the position of IMF head due to the rape charges
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(Tag: ) Rabdidevi in bihar wanted 2 become abdidevi by abdicating her throne to her husband Lalu.
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(Tag: ) ab means away di for two ,and cate for cats .two cats on chair one force other cat to leave position so other leaves position i.e.abdicate
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(Tag: ssup??liked it??) abdicate's 1st part abdi=kabaddi(rhyme)(in hindi).when player cant stop breathing he "GIVES UP(RENOUNCE)" and he gets out..
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(Tag: ) abdicate contains 'decay' or reduction or give up
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(Tag: ) ab+di+cate=giveup(In hindi:ab de di cate(winslet) jo mere kabze me thi
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(Tag: ) "a grim-featured man" (adj.) made a feature or highlight; given prominence "a featured actor", "a featured item at the sale"
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(Tag: ) poke
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