verb To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
verb To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of.
verb To depose.
verb To reject; to cast off; to discard.
verb To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for.
to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy
verb To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty.