abdicate (v.)

• abandon
• abjure
• cashier
• cast
• cease
• cede
• drop
• forgo
• forswear
• jettison
• leave
• quit
• reject
• relinquish
• renounce
• resign
• retire
• scrap
• shed
• slough
• superannuate
• surrender
• vacate
• waive
• wrest
• yield