Abdicate vs Arbitrate - What's the difference?
abdicate | arbitrate |
(obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
(transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of.
(obsolete) To depose.
(obsolete) To reject; to cast off; to discard.
To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy; to fail to fulfill responsibility for.
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To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty.
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To make a judgment (on a dispute) as an arbitrator or arbiter
* Shakespeare
To submit (a dispute) to such judgment
(mathematics, rare) To assign an object an arbitrary value, or otherwise arbitrarily determine it
As verbs the difference between abdicate and arbitrate
is that abdicate is (obsolete) to disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit while arbitrate is to make a judgment (on a dispute) as an arbitrator or arbiter.abdicate
English
Verb
(abdicat)- (Bishop Hall)
- Note:'' The word ''abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II, to abandon without a formal surrender.
- The cross-bearers abdicated their service.
- He abdicates all right to be his own governor.
- The understanding abdicates its functions.
- Though a king may abdicate' for his own person, he cannot ' abdicate for the monarchy.
Synonyms
* give up, relinquish, renounce, quit, vacate, surrender, relent * forsake, abandon, desert, renounce, relent * forsake, give up * (relinquish or renounce a high office or sovereignty) relinquish, renounce, resign, quit, give up, vacate, relentDerived terms
* abdicable * abdicant * abdicatorReferences
* ----arbitrate
English
Verb
- to arbitrate a disputed case
- There shall your swords and lances arbitrate / The swelling difference of your settled hate.
- We wish to show f is continuous. Arbitrate epsilon greater than zero...