abdication
noun
[ ˌabdɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n ]
• an act of abdicating or renouncing the throne.
• "Edward VIII did not marry until after his abdication"
Similar:
resignation,
retirement,
relinquishment,
renunciation,
giving up,
surrender,
abjuration,
vacation,
ceding,
cession,
demission,
• failure to fulfil a responsibility or duty.
• "we are witnessing an abdication of responsibility on the part of European governments"
Similar:
disowning,
renunciation,
rejection,
refusal,
avoidance,
abnegation,
relinquishment,
abjuration,
repudiation,
waiving,
yielding,
forgoing,
abandonment,
surrender,
disgorgement,
casting aside,
