Abdications refer to the act of renouncing or giving up power, authority, or responsibility. Synonyms for abdications include resignation, surrender, relinquishment, abandonment, forsaking, rejection, disownment, and repudiation. All these words describe an act of giving up something either voluntarily or involuntarily. While some synonyms can be used interchangeably with abdications, others have specific contexts and meanings. For instance, abdication and resignation both imply surrendering power, but resignation is often used in a professional context when someone voluntarily quits a job. Surrender and abandonment, on the other hand, imply giving up something after a struggle or resistance. All the same, these synonyms express the same idea as abdications - the relinquishing of power or responsibility.