Sentence examples for the abdicate from inspiring English sources
verb
To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
Amy, considering all she has seen and heard, takes control and uses Liz 10's hand to strike the "abdicate" button that disables the controlling device and allows the Star Whale to break free.
Less clear is what the abdicating emir himself will do.
Like England watching with trepidation in 1936 as an untried Duke of York replaced the abdicating Edward VIII, viewers enjoyed a happy surprise Sunday night.
Life was all quiet on the Glaswegian front: on the day the Kaiser abdicated, the Livingstones played Ludo.
On the Balkan frontier, meanwhile, the Bulgars assumed the role abdicated by the Avars after 626.
Photograph: Sky News 9.10am BST Queen Beatrix signs the statement abdicating the Dutch throne.
The fact of the matter is The Times has abdicated the primary responsibility of an institution so important to democracy and to the future of us all".
William J. Briggs II, a lawyer representing the bank, said the decision "abdicated federal judicial authority to the Internet".
In December 1936, after the news broke in newspapers, the king abdicated and left the country for Austria.
Olav Meisdalshagen agreed that the King should abdicate, as did the majority of the parliamentary group.
