单词 | abdicating |
释义 | abdicating, vbl. n.|ˈæbdɪkeɪtɪŋ| [f. abdicate v. + -ing1.] The act of formally resigning, renouncing, or abandoning. (Now mostly gerundial.)
1673Lady's Calling i. §2. 7. 14 If the abdicating a child be a thing so unnatural. 1689Ld. Somers Speech, For Abdicating a thing it is sufficient to do an act which is inconsistent with retaining it. 1809Tomlins Law Dict. s.v., On King James II's leaving the kingdom, and abdicating the government. 1875H. E. Manning Mission of Holy Ghost iii. 87 It is not content with abdicating the powers of reason. |

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