Index of English words, starting with "ab"

(1) - Abdicable (a.) Capable of being abdicated.

(1) - Abdicant (n.) One who abdicates.
(2) - Abdicant (a.) Abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of.

(1) - Abdicate (v. i.) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity.
(2) - Abdicate (v. t.) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
(3) - Abdicate (v. t.) To reject; to cast off.
(4) - Abdicate (v. t.) To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc.
(5) - Abdicate (v. t.) To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy.

(1) - Abdication (n.) The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.

(1) - Abdicator (n.) One who abdicates.