Forgo vs Abdicate - What's the difference?
forgo | abdicate |
To let pass, to leave alone
To do without, to abandon
To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo.
(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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As an adjective forgo
is turning, revolving, rotating, whirling, circulating.As a noun forgo
is joint.As a verb abdicate is
(obsolete) to disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.forgo
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Alternative forms
* foregoVerb
- The only way to avoid shame is to forgo acting shamefully.
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* *Anagrams
* English irregular verbsabdicate
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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.