abdicates
Gives up crown
Abdicates is the third-person singular of abdicate, meaning to formally give up power or responsibility.
A monarch abdicates when renouncing the throne: The king abdicates in favor of his son.
More loosely, anyone who abandons a duty abdicates it: A parent who abdicates responsibility leaves children to fend for themselves.
Formally rejects or abandons
- cedesFormally surrenders control
- forfeitsLoses through violation
- yieldsGives forth results
- surrendersCeases resistance formally
waives · abandons · vacates · disclaims · forsakes · disowns · concedes · releases
Ceremonial chair for sovereigns
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- sovereignSupreme in power
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- reignSovereign's time in power
kingdom · royalty · emperor · tsar · regent · succession · heir · coronation
Voluntarily stops or departs
- retiresCeases professional life
- withdrawsPulls out or removes
- departsGoes away from
- exitsDeparture points
bows out · disengages · departure · termination · succession
Power to enforce obedience
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- dominionAuthority to rule
- controlAuthority to direct
- ruleGoverning principle or standard
supremacy · hegemony · command · governance · jurisdiction · autocracy · dominance · influence
State of being answerable
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- derelictionAbandonment of duty
- shirkingAvoiding obligatory tasks
- neglectFailure to provide care
abandonment · desertion · default · failure · accountability · trust · charge · stewardship
renounces
Formally rejects or abandons
surrenders · waives · abandons · vacates · disclaims · forsakes · disowns · concedes · releases · transfers
throne
Ceremonial chair for sovereigns
reign · kingdom · royalty · emperor · tsar · regent · succession · heir · coronation · palace
quits
Voluntarily stops or departs
exits · bows out · disengages · departure · termination · succession
authority
Power to enforce obedience
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- dominionAuthority to rule
- controlAuthority to direct
rule · supremacy · hegemony · command · governance · jurisdiction · autocracy · dominance · influence · ascendancy
responsibility
State of being answerable
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- derelictionAbandonment of duty
- shirkingAvoiding obligatory tasks
neglect · abandonment · desertion · default · failure · accountability · trust · charge · stewardship · commitment
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
abdicatesassumes
Accepts as true
ascends · accedes · seizes power · usurps · claims
- royal abdicationMonarch formally surrenders crown
- forced abdicationInvoluntary relinquishment of sovereignty