Term

abase

Definition

(v.) to humiliate, degrade (After being overthrown and abased, the deposed leader offered to bow down to his conqueror.)

Term

abate

Definition

(v.) to reduce, lessen (The rain poured down for a while, then abated.)

Term

abdicate

Definition

(v.) to give up a position, usually one of leadership (When he realized that the revolutionaries would surely win, the king abdicated his throne.)