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abdicate 

To proclaim or declare to be no longer one's own, to disclaim, disown, cast off; esp. to disown or disinherit children. Now only as a tech. term of Rom. Law (L. abdicare filium, also patrem); To depose (from an office or dignity). Obs.; refl. To formally cut oneself off, sever, or separate oneself from anything; esp. to divest oneself of an office (L. abdicare se magistratu). Obs.; trans. To put away, cast off, discard (anything). Obs.
1541 ELYOT Im. Gov. 149 The father..doeth abdicate nowe and then one, that is to saie, putteth them out of his familie. 1644 MILTON Jus Pop. 34 Parents may not causelessly abdicate or disinherit children. 1697 POTTER Antiq. Greece IV. xv. 351 (1715) Parents were allow'd to be reconcil'd to their children, but after that could never abdicate them again. a1763 SHENSTONE Essays 117 Wherever I disesteemed, I would abdicate my first cousin. 1828 SEWELL Oxf. Pr. Essay 70 Sons were exposed, abdicated, and sold by the laws of Solon
abdicate by JDOE October 18, 2002
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abdicate 

To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
A: No more workouts ?!!
B: No, I abdicated :(
abdicate by LaneDevilishAngel April 7, 2011

Abdicate 

When your riding partner dismounts as you climax, you jizz all over your abdomen and then they lick it off.
My Bae rode me royally before I blew all over my belly, then she abdicated.
Abdicate by Goognostic June 8, 2022

abdicake 

From abdicate

Abdicake or abdicaking is when you have the a slice or the last slice of cake but you are selfless enough to allow someone else to eat it
"Peasant, I have decided to abdicake my last slice ofhashbrownie to you cos I am too baked"
abdicake by DicPenderyn October 21, 2011

abdicated 

Someone used this word meaning to say abducted. Dumb ass bitch needs to be abdicated
They abdicated are cat meow
abdicated by abdicated November 30, 2016

addicate 

1.looking good to a person dress wise and or there features(eyes,hair,smile)

2.the appearance of anything that you think look good
"oh he got on the new j's he addicate"

"damn that car addicate"
addicate by Tab August 17, 2004