renounce, unabdicate, abjure, disinherit, abnegate, deny, disclaim, aband, discede, refuse, more...

assume, take on, accept, embrace

relinquish, resign, give up, withdraw, renounce, surrender, more...

french, better, emperor, certain, tzar, individual, manchus, tsar, kaiser

fancy way to resign,   to renounce,   resign over rules,   resign from a post,   to relinquish power,   give up power,   leave the throne,   resign from office,   resign office,   to avoid leadership