Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word.

Abdicate

Relinquish

The most appropriate synonym of the word abdicate is relinquish.

• Abdicate means to give up a position or power, especially a throne.
• Assume means to take on or start to have a new position or responsibility.
• Convert means to change or transform into something different.
• Appropriate means to take something for one's own use, especially without the owner's permission.
• Relinquish means to give up or let go of something.