abdication

noun

1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
2. (countable, uncountable)The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
3. (countable, uncountable)The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power.

   “abdication of the throne, government, power, authority”

   “the king’s abdication”

   “So yes: the abdication was when the Windsors opened the gate. After that it was – and will be – whack-a-mole. Every crisis will draw significant numbers of people out who would ask why you couldn’t cut off whoever was displeasing them in that moment.”

4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The action of being deposed from the seat of power.