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All abdicate antonyms

ab·di·cate
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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.
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