Abdicate

• Resign, as an office
• Resign one's position
• Send down
• Relinquish, as an office
• Lower or resign
• Step down
• Withdraw from office

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Demit \De*mit"\, v. i. [F. d['e]mettre to remove, se d['e]mettre to resign; d['e]- (L. dis-) + mettre to put, fr. L. mittere to send. Cf. Dismiss .] To lay down or relinquish an office, membership, authority, or the like; to resign, as from ...