demit
I
verb
abdicate, give up, go into retirement, hand in one's resignation, lay down one's office, leave, make way for, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, retire, retire from office, stand aside, stand down, tender one's resignation, vacate office, vacate one's seat, withdraw
II
index
abandon (relinquish), defect, discontinue (abandon), forfeit, relinquish, renounce, resign, retire (conclude a career)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006