Abdicate and Concede

Abdicate

Abdicate verb - To give up (as a position of authority) formally.

Concede and abdicate are semantically related in surrender topic. In some cases you can use "Concede" instead a verb "Abdicate".

Nearby Words: abdication, abdicating

Concede

Concede verb - To accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly.

Abdicate and concede are semantically related in surrender topic. Sometimes you can use "Abdicate" instead a verb "Concede".

Nearby Words: concession, conceding

Common collocations

war abdicate war concede war
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