abdicator
One who relinquishes
One who abdicates—who formally renounces a position of power or responsibility.
The word usually appears in discussions of monarchs who have given up their thrones: Edward VIII remains history's most famous abdicator.
It can extend to anyone who abandons duties they were expected to fulfill.
Complete yielding to demands
- yieldingBending under pressure
- concessionYielding a point
- submissionYielding to another's will
- forfeitLose through violation
acquiescence · withdrawal · retreat · ceding · handover · transfer · relinquisher · quitter
Required moral task
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- rolePosition or part
- positionLocation or stance
- officeProfessional work location
post · leadership · authority · stewardship · guardianship · trusteeship · abandoner · deserter
Hereditary supreme ruler
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- kingMale crowned ruler
- queenMost powerful chess piece
emperor · tsar · czar · sultan · shah · sovereign · regent · heir
Formal surrender of claim
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- demissionFormal giving up of office
- disavowalRejection of connection
repudiation · abjuration · forswearing · abandonment · disowning · stepping down · giving up · vacating
capitulation
Complete yielding to demands
- yieldingBending under pressure
- concessionYielding a point
- submissionYielding to another's will
forfeit · acquiescence · withdrawal · retreat · ceding · handover · transfer · relinquisher · quitter · defector
duty
Required moral task
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- rolePosition or part
- positionLocation or stance
office · post · leadership · authority · stewardship · guardianship · trusteeship · abandoner · deserter · shirker
monarch
Hereditary supreme ruler
queen · emperor · tsar · czar · sultan · shah · sovereign · regent · heir · dynasty
renunciation
Formal surrender of claim
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- demissionFormal giving up of office
disavowal · repudiation · abjuration · forswearing · abandonment · disowning · stepping down · giving up · vacating · disclaiming
abdicatorusurper
Illegal power seizer
seizer · conqueror · claimant · pretender · coup leader
abdicatorincumbent
Current position holder
upholder · duty-bound · loyalist · caretaker · maintainer
- royal abdicationMonarch formally surrenders crown
- forced abdicationInvoluntary relinquishment of sovereignty
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