"abdicated" is a correct and commonly used word in written English.
It means to voluntarily give up a position of power or responsibility. Example: King Edward VIII abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, as she was not accepted as a suitable spouse by the British monarchy.
Edward abdicated on 10 December 1936, four days after Grant sent his intercepted telegram.
And far from lording it over Congress, the president has if anything abdicated too much responsibility to it.These are all fair points.
Qatar's emir, Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, abdicated in favour of his son, Tamim (pictured).
Although he celebrated the idea of a functioning American aristocracy as a useful exemplar of industriousness and noblesse oblige, he spent his career lamenting that they had abdicated their responsibilities.
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.
EVER since his sudden emergence as Russia's president when Boris Yeltsin abdicated at the end of 1999, Vladimir Putin has baffled analysis.
Sihanouk abdicated to make way for the 13th of his 14 known children from seven marriages.
Prajadhipok fled to exile in London and abdicated in 1935, deepening the drift.
Without a vigorous party organisation in most of Britain's large conurbations, the Tories have abdicated the job of challenging Labour in many places to the Liberal Democrats.
But if a gesture to the peasantry was intended, it was negated by the lavish materials used: 14 years later came revolution and Nicholas abdicated.
He abdicated in 2004 and his son, King Sihamoni, has reigned nominally ever since.But even in death Sihanouk caused a scene.
