The phrase "abdicated after" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means that someone has given up or relinquished their power or position after a certain event or period of time. Example: King Edward abdicated after his scandalous affair was exposed to the public.
Kenenisa Bekele abdicated after having driven the pace in an attempt to silence the hosts.
They later elected him President of the local, a job he abdicated after six weeks, to return to Index, Washington.
The new emir, 33, took office Wednesday after his 61-year-old father, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, abdicated after 18 years in power.
Amadeo abdicated after an attack by the Radicals on the army in February 1873, and subsequently the Cortes proclaimed Spain a republic.
Under Reza Shah Pahlavi, who abdicated after the Anglo-Soviet invasion in 1941, Iran constructed a nationwide railway only thanks to a version of VAT on sugar and tea, two staple foods.
The historian Gyula Kristó proposes that Fajsz abdicated after the Hungarians' catastrophic defeat by the Germans in the battle of Lechfeld in 955.
Nadal, on the day when King Juan Carlos of Spain announced he was abdicating after 39 years on the throne, won the first five games before Lajovic finally got on the board.
King Juan Carlos of Spain is abdicating after nearly 40 years on the throne.
The north gate, or porta, of the city just off the Piazza del Popolo was grandly rebuilt by Pope Alexander VII as a welcoming present to Christina, the queen of Sweden who was forced to abdicate after she converted from Protestant to Catholic in 1654.
Qianlong officially abdicated in 1796 after 60 years in power, but carried on ruling for another three years.
Dearest mother, today you have abdicated the throne after 33 intense, interesting and moving years, King Willem-Alexander says.
