Sentences with abdicate
ab·di·cate
A a - The last French king was Louis Philippe, who abdicated in 1848. [VERB]
- Note: The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II, to abandon without a formal surrender.
- The king abdicated the throne.
- The king was forced to abdicate.
- Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy.
- The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate.
- It is also asking the users to abdicate the protection normally provided by the courts as a guard against unjustifiably invasive conduct.
- It must not abdicate its traditional role of critic and conscience of society just because some people have a limited view about.
- King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne in 1936.