🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

퇴위하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: toewihada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Abdicate/ˈæb.dɪ.keɪt/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"왕은 아들을 위해 왕위에서 물러나기로 결심했다."

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1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To renounce or relinquish a throne, high office, or responsibility.

    "The king decided to abdicate the throne in favor of his eldest son."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late 15th century (in the sense 'renounce, reject'): from Latin abdicat- 'disowned, renounced', from the verb abdicare, from ab- 'away, from' + dicare 'proclaim'.

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