abdicate
verb (used without object)
to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner.
will abdicate
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future tenseof abdicate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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She will abdicate on 14 January, which will be 52 years to the day since she became queen.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2023
Edward will abdicate for the love of Wallis.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2020
In 2015 he will abdicate CBS’s Late Show, the show that once served as his consolation prize but has since turned into a running critique of its rival, The Tonight Show.
From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2014
Let Healthcare.gov be a demarcation in history: that from this day forward no leader will abdicate responsibility for technology and for business.
From Forbes ● Oct. 25, 2013
The King is well in body; and, unless he will abdicate, we cannot get the minority for the Regency.
From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by William Sleeman
