abdication
Royal power relinquishment
Abdication is the formal renunciation of a throne or high office.
A monarch who abdicates gives up the crown, usually permanently: Edward VIII's abdication to marry Wallis Simpson shocked the British Empire.
The word extends to abandoning any serious responsibility: an abdication of parental duty, an abdication of leadership.
Formal surrender of claim
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
- cessionFormal transfer of territory
- vacateLeave a place empty
- demissionFormal giving up of office
divestiture · waiver · quitclaim · forfeit · surrender · yielding · cede · disclaim
Ceremonial chair for sovereigns
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- reignSovereign's time in power
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
succession · coronation · regalia · realm · royalty · emperor · king · queen
French emperor, military genius
Act of going away
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- quittingCeasing an activity
- exitWay to leave
- leaveSanctioned time away
retirement · disengagement · abandonment · cessation · farewell · vacating · depart · withdraw
Required moral task
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- neglectFailure to provide care
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- shirkingAvoiding obligatory tasks
desertion · dereliction · failure · betrayal · accountability · trust · role · leadership
renunciation
Formal surrender of claim
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
- cessionFormal transfer of territory
- vacateLeave a place empty
demission · divestiture · waiver · quitclaim · forfeit · surrender · yielding · cede · disclaim · disown
throne
Ceremonial chair for sovereigns
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- reignSovereign's time in power
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
dynasty · succession · coronation · regalia · realm · royalty · emperor · king · queen · prince
Napoleon
French emperor, military genius
crisis · scandal · interregnum · restoration · dethronement
departure
Act of going away
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- quittingCeasing an activity
- exitWay to leave
leave · retirement · disengagement · abandonment · cessation · farewell · vacating · depart · withdraw · transition
duty
Required moral task
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- neglectFailure to provide care
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
shirking · desertion · dereliction · failure · betrayal · accountability · trust · role · leadership · office
- Spanish HistoryReconquista, Spanish Inquisition, Spanish Empire, conquistadors, Catholic Monarchs
- French MonarchyBourbon, Valois, Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI
- Iberian RoyaltyFerdinand, Isabella, Juan Carlos, Charles I, Alfonso
- Japanese Emperorimperial succession, enthronement, imperial regalia, imperial household, divine status
- royal successionthrone, succession, line of succession, order of succession, succession line
- 1830s Franceconstitutional monarchy, Bourbon Restoration, tricolor flag, tricolor, barricades
abdicationcoronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
enthronement · accession · inauguration · investiture · ascension
abdicationcommitment
Firm pledge to act
dedication · fulfillment · perseverance · steadfastness · reassertion
abdicationusurpation
Wrongful seizure of power
coup · seizure of power · claim · power grab · takeover
- royal abdicationMonarch formally surrenders crown
- forced abdicationInvoluntary relinquishment of sovereignty