As she grew older she clung to authority as imperiously as a king who refuses to abdicate.
Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow, Barren Ground
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Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
— to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function
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Macmillan
— if a king or queen abdicates, he or she formally gives up power
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Other Word Forms
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Usage
1 use of ‘abdicate’ in Barren Ground, by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow