Abdicate: alternatives and connections

To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a per…

The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign i…

To withdraw, or cause to withdraw, from one's country; to banish.

To remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office.

high office or rank or station; "he respected the dignity of the emissaries"

To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office.

To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position.

An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in general, either in rank, office, or celebrity; social or moral loftin…

Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; consp…

To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity.

Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous.

The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow; inundation; the filling anything to excess.

Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising…

greater than normal in quantity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has hi…

The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate; the right of making or enforcing laws; the power or right of exercising aut…

Not placing a high estimate on ecclesiastical organizations or forms; -- applied especially to Episcopalians, and opposed to high-chur…

To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.

The dignity and authority of sovereign power; quality or state which inspires awe or reverence; grandeur; exalted dignity, whether pro…