abdicate russian

• отка́зываться

  to refuse, to decline, to turn down

  to give up, to renounce, to relinquish, to abdicate (the throne)

  to abandon, to drop, to give up

  to abstain from, to go without, to cut out

  to go back on (one's words), to retract, to repudiate, to disown

• отре́чься

  to renounce, to abdicate, to give up (a claim), to forswear

  to disown, to repudiate, to turn one's back on

  to recant, to retract, to deny, to go back on

Examples

• Один из короле́й А́нглии отрекся от престо́ла, чтобы жени́ться на простолюди́нке.

  One of England's kings abdicated the throne in order to marry a commoner.

• Импера́тор Япо́нии Акихито объяви́л о наме́рении отре́чься от престо́ла.

  The Emperor Akihito of Japan has announced his intention to abdicate.

• Отрёкшийся от престола царь уехал за границу.

  The king who had abdicated the throne went abroad.