Answer: abdicate
AnswerCrossword Clue
ABDICATECede power
abdicateto renounce or surrender formally, as one's power or office
abdicateto give up (power or office)
abdicateto give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.).
ABDICATEGive up voluntarily
ABDICATEStep down, in a way
ABDICATEStep down
ABDICATERelinquish
ABDICATERenounce.
ABDICATERenounce responsibility.
ABDICATEEmulate Edward Windsor
ABDICATEResign a la Edward VIII
ABDICATEGive up the throne
ABDICATERenounce
ABDICATERenounce power
ABDICATEWalk away from, as responsibility
ABDICATEEmulate Edward VIII
ABDICATERelinquish power
ABDICATERelinquish one's power