[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner:The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate.Synonyms: quit , resign"]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.), especially in a voluntary, public, or formal manner:King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne in 1936.Synonyms: repudiate , abandon"]}]