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transitive verbabdicate [the throne] — auf den Thron verzichten
* * *['æbdikeit]1) (to leave or give up the position and authority of a king or queen: The king abdicated (the throne) in favour of his son.) abdanken2) (to leave or give up (responsibility, power etc): He abdicated all responsibility for the work to his elder son.) verzichten auf•- academic.ru/54/abdication">abdication* * *ab·di·cate[ˈæbdɪkeɪt]I. vi1. monarch abdanken2. (not fulfil)to \abdicate from one's duties seine Pflicht[en] nicht einhaltento \abdicate from one's responsibilities sich akk seiner Verantwortung entziehenII. vt1. (resign)to \abdicate the throne auf den Thron verzichten2. (renounce)to \abdicate a right auf ein Recht verzichten* * *['bdIkeɪt]1. vtverzichten auf (+acc)2. vi(monarch) abdanken, abdizieren (dated geh); (pope) zurücktreten* * *abdicate [ˈæbdıkeıt]A v/t ein Amt, Recht etc aufgeben, verzichten auf (akk), ein Amt niederlegen, sich einer Verantwortung entziehen:abdicate the throne abdanken* * *transitive verbabdicate [the throne] — auf den Thron verzichten
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ab·di·cate [ʼæbdɪkeɪt] vi2) ( not fulfil)to \abdicate from one's duty seine Pflicht[en] nicht einhalten;1) ( resign)to \abdicate the throne auf den Thron verzichten2) ( renounce)to \abdicate sth etw aufgeben, auf etw akk verzichten;to \abdicate a right auf ein Recht verzichten;to \abdicate a responsibility es ablehnen, [eine] Verantwortung zu übernehmen
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