abdicate
v//ˈæb.dɪˌkeɪt//avvisa, avsäga sig, ge upp, abdikera
(transitive, obsolete) To reject; to cast off; to discard. [mid 16th – late 17th c.]
(transitive) To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for. [from mid 17th c.]
(intransitive) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty. [First attested in the early 18th c.]