abdicate
verb
[ ˈabdɪkeɪt ]
• (of a monarch) renounce one's throne.
• "in 1918 Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated as German emperor"
Similar:
resign,
retire,
quit,
stand down,
step down,
bow out,
renounce the throne,
demit,
resign from,
relinquish,
renounce,
give up,
hand over,
turn over,
deliver up,
surrender,
vacate,
forswear,
abjure,
cede,
disclaim,
Opposite:
be crowned,
accede to,
• fail to fulfil or undertake (a responsibility or duty).
Similar:
disown,
turn down,
spurn,
reject,
renounce,
give up,
avoid,
refuse,
abnegate,
relinquish,
abjure,
repudiate,
waive,
yield,
forgo,
abandon,
surrender,
deliver up,
disgorge,
cast aside,
drop,
turn one's back on,
wash one's hands of,
shirk,
forsake,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin abdicat- ‘renounced’, from the verb abdicare, from ab- ‘away, from’ + dicare ‘declare’.
