The phrase "abdicate power" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the relinquishment or giving up of authority or control, often in a political or leadership setting.
Example: "The king decided to abdicate power in favor of his son, believing it was time for a new generation to lead."
Alternatives: "relinquish authority" or "give up control".
When the party finally had to abdicate power, in 1990, he accepted it without bitterness – and made his apology for martial law and past Communist regime excesses.
From Blair to Zapatero, the fashion in social-democratic thinking has been to abdicate power – and now bond markets are filling the vacuum.
This led some barbarian cultures simply choosing to abdicate power to Alexander in order to avoid certain death.
Weary, he'd abdicated power for peaceful seclusion.
But Sheen was making a broader argument – about a political elite that has abdicated power to the market.
He abdicated power and was eventually captured by the British and placed in permanent exile on the remote, stony Atlantic isle of St Helena.
The book's thrust is that the prime minister abdicated power to Sonia Gandhi, matriarch of the family that has the Congress party at its beck and call.
The secretary went out of his way to praise the former president as "a great historical figure" because of his role as foreign minister of the Soviet Union in its final days and because he abdicated power peacefully last year.
Folks who are faced with someone abdicating power often feel very alone and turn elsewhere to feel joined and connected.
More than a year has passed since Sheikh Hamad abdicated power to his 34-year old son Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani in June 2013.
The landlocked Himalayan nation -- about half the size of Indiana -- peacefully transitioned to democracy after the king abdicated power in 2006, but Buddhist principles continue to shape the country's government.
