Abdicate
Abdicate verb - To give up (as a position of authority) formally.
Can and abdicate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Can" instead a verb "Abdicate".
Nearby Words: abdication, abdicating
Can
Can verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.
Both words in one sentence
- Subverted when she realizes that even if he does kill her and her family, he can't harvest Earth if she doesn't abdicate, whereas if she does, then they're all animals for the slaughter.
Source: An Offer You Can't Refuse -
As for Isolder, he marries a Force adept from Dathomir and forces the Hapan Queen Mother to abdicate so he can unilaterally have Hapes join the Republic.
Source: Altar Diplomacy -
Balem does this with Jupiter's entire family, in order to convince her to abdicate so he can take Earth for his own.
Source: I Have Your Wife
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