abdicant

[ ab-di-kuh nt ]
/ ˈæb dɪ kənt /

adjective

abdicating, forsaking, or deserting: to be abdicant of one's duty.

noun

a person who abdicates; abdicator.

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advocate
to give up possession or occupancy of.
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Origin of abdicant

1645–55; < Latin abdicant- (stem of abdicāns), present participle of abdicāre. See abdicate, -ant

Words nearby abdicant

abd-er-rahman khan, abd., abdelkader, abderhalden, abdias, abdicant, abdicate, abdication, abdom., abdomen, abdomin-
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