abdicate
verb (used without object)
to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner.
had abdicated
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past perfectof abdicate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In 2020, Leonor's grandfather Juan Carlos, who had abdicated six years earlier and was mired in financial scandals, left the country to live in Abu Dhabi.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2023
He also returned to the island after he had abdicated in 2014 to attend the funeral of Fidel Castro.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2019
If you’re unaware that Rose had abdicated the throne, or that the No. 1 ranking has switched hands five times in the past two months, you’re not alone.
From Golf Digest ● Nov. 6, 2018
Just as the depression struck, Romania’s political equation was fundamentally altered by the return of King Carol, who had abdicated five years earlier.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2017
On the decline of James’s power Crew dissociated himself from the court, and made a bid for the favour of the new government by voting for the motion that James had abdicated.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
