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Gives up an office from a basic date (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abdicates

'gives up an office' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'from a basic date' is the wordplay.
'from' indicates anagramming the letters (the anagram comes from the same letters).
'basic'+'date'='basicdate'
'basicdate' is an anagram of 'ABDICATES'.

(Other definitions for abdicates that I've seen before include "Retires" , "Gives up an office" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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