abdicated — Simple past tense and past participle of abdicate.
abandoned — An abandoned place or building is no longer used or occupied.
dropped — Let or make (something) fall vertically.
left — of, relating to, or located on or near the side of a person or thing that is turned toward the west when the subject is facing north (opposed to right).
rendered — to cause to be or become; make: to render someone helpless.
yielded — to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
abjured — Simple past tense and past participle of abjure.
abnegated — Simple past tense and past participle of abnegate.
ceded — to yield or formally surrender to another: to cede territory.
sacrificed — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
vetoed — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
