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Abdicate Crossword Clue

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97%5Exact Match!
noun

• The act of demitting.

• A document certifying that a person has (honourably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.

verb

• To let fall; to depress; to yield.

• To relinquish an office, membership, authority, etc.; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge.

96%6Exact Match!
verb

• leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

• give up or retire from a position

• part with a possession or right

• accept as inevitable

75%6Exact Match!
verb

• lose (something) or lose the right to (something) by some error, offense, or crime

• give up with the intent of never claiming again

• give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

• put an end to a state or an activity

• give up what is not strictly needed

• part with a possession or right

• leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

• relinquish possession or control over

• give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another

• stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims

• allow the other (baseball) team to score

• stop consuming

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Clue Last Found In...

Source #Number Answer
New York Times10 Jul 2011 Down 18
The Guardian Quick11 Apr 2001 Down 16
New York Times28 Oct 1979 Across 38
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