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(transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.

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abdicate

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Source Word

abdicate

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈæb.dɪˌkeɪt/

Verb

obsolete transitive reflexive intransitive

(transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.

Japanese Meaning

父親が子どもを認知せず、家族から排除する、あるいは相続権を放棄する。 / 家族関係において、特定の者を除外し、相続・扶養などの関係から切り離す。

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Out of anger, the father decided to abdicate his son for marrying beneath their station.

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父親は怒りのあまり、身分の違う人と結婚したことで息子を勘当することに決めた。

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Sense（1）

(transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.

Sense（2）

(transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of.

Sense（3）

(transitive, obsolete) To depose.

Sense（4）

(transitive, obsolete) To reject; to cast off; to discard.

[W]e were legally call'd by his Majeſties writ to give our Attendance in Parliament, […] if we did not, we ſhould betray the Truſt committed to us by his Majeſtie, and ſhamefully betray and abdicate the due right both of our ſelves and Succeſſours.

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Sense（5）

(transitive) To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for.