abdicate
abdicate
englantiluopua kruunusta, paavinistuimesta tms.
yhteys|vanhentunut|k=en sanoutua irti (jälkeläisestään), karkottaa suvusta, tehdä perinnöttömäksi
Esimerkkejä:
Nicholas II 'abdicated' in February 1917 after which Russia was ruled by three coalition cabinets until the Bolshevik revolution in October.
Pope Benedict XVI is the first pope in seven centuries to 'abdicate'; the previous abdication took place in 1294.
Liittyvät sanat: resign
Synonyymisanakirja
abdicate
erota, jättää virka, luopua kruunusta, luopua vallasta, luopua.
Rimmaavat sanat
abdicate rimmaa näiden kanssa:
aate, olympia-aate, osuustoiminta-aate, periaate, toimintaperiaate, yleisperiaate, määräämisperiaate, toimitusperiaate, julkisuusperiaate, kansallisuusperiaate...
Englannin sanakirja
abdicate (englanti > suomi)
abdicate englanniksi
puhekieltä To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. (defdate)
puhekieltä To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of. (defdate)
puhekieltä To depose. (defdate)
(rfquotek)
puhekieltä To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for. (defdate)
to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy
Note: The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II, to abandon without a formal surrender.
(quote-book)
(quote-book)|title=Reflections on the Revolution in France|year=1790|passage=He abdicates all right to be his own governor.
(quote-book)|year=1856|passage=The understanding abdicates its functions.
puhekieltä To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty. (defdate)
(quote-book)|title=Reflections on the Revolution in France|year=1790|passage=Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy.
(inflection of)