Abdicated
Resigned and abdicated are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Resigned" instead a verb "Abdicated".
Nearby Words: abdication, abdicating
Resigned
Resigned adjective - Receiving or enduring without offering resistance.
Both words in one sentence
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He resigned the papacy on February 28, 2013, making him the first pope to leave office during his lifetime since Gregory XII abdicated in 1415 in order to end the Western Schism and the first to do so voluntarily since Pope Celestine V in 1294.
Source: Useful Notes / The Pope
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