Abdicate
meaning: If a king or queen abdicates, he or she makes a formal statement that he or she no longer wants to be king or queen:
usage: King Edward VIII abdicated (the British throne ) in 1936.
meaning: If a king or queen abdicates, he or she makes a formal statement that he or she no longer wants to be king or queen:
usage: King Edward VIII abdicated (the British throne ) in 1936.