as, "the Deserted Village." While a
monarch _abdicates_, a president or other elected or appointed officer
_resigns_. It was held that James II. _abdicated_ his throne by
_deserting_ it.

Antonyms:

adopt, defend, occupy, seek,
advocate, favor, prosecute, support,
assert, haunt, protect, undertake,
cherish, hold, pursue, uphold,
claim, keep, retain, vindicate.
court, maintain,

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ABASE.

Synonyms:

bring low, depress, dishonor, lower,
cast down, discredit, humble, reduce,
debase, disgrace, humiliate, sink.
degrade,

_Abase_ refers only to outward conditions. "Exalt him that is low, and
_abase_ him that is high." _Ezek._ xxi, 26. _Debase_ applies to quality
or character. The coinage is _debased_ by excess of alloy, the man by
vice. _Humble_ in present use refers chiefly to feeling of heart;
_humiliate_ to outward conditions; even when one is said to _humble_
himself, he either has or affects to have humility of heart. To
_disgrace_ may be to bring or inflict odium upon others, but the word is
chiefly and increasingly applied to such moral odium as one by his own
acts brings upon himself; the noun _disgrace_ retains more of the
passive sense than the verb; he _disgraced_ himself by his conduct; he
brought _disgrace_ upon his family. To _dishonor_ a person is to deprive
him of honor that should or might be given. To _discredit_ one is to
injure his reputation, as for veracity or solvency. A sense of
unworthiness _humbles_; a shameful insult _humiliates_; imprisonment for
crime _disgraces_. _Degrade_ may refer to either station or character.
An officer is _degraded_ by being _reduced_ to the ranks, _disgraced_ by
cowardice; vile practises _degrade_; drunkenness is a _degrading_ vice.
Misfortune or injustice may _abase_ the good; nothing but their own
ill-doing can _debase_ or _disgrace_ them.

Antonyms:

advance, elevate, honor, raise,
aggrandize, exalt, promote, uplift.
dignify,

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ABASH.

Synonyms:

bewilder, daunt, embarrass, mortify,
chagrin, discompose, humble, overawe,
confound, disconcert, humiliate, shame.
confuse, dishearten,

Any sense of inferiority _abashes_, with or without the sense of wrong.
The poor are _abashed_ at the splendor of wealth, the ignorant at the
learning of t