All abdicate antonyms
ab·di·cate
A a verb abdicate
- accept — If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.
- remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- assert — If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly.
- challenge — A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
- claim — If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
- defy — If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way.
- treasure — wealth or riches stored or accumulated, especially in the form of precious metals, money, jewels, or plate.
- usurp — to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right: The pretender tried to usurp the throne.
- keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- come — When a person or thing comes to a particular place, especially to a place where you are, they move there.
- stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
- do — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- defend — If you defend someone or something, you take action in order to protect them.
- fight — a battle or combat.
- win — to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
- pursue — to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).
- assume — If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
- hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- retain — to keep possession of.