abdicator

noun

Meaning

A person who formally relinquishes a high office, responsibility, or sovereign power.

Examples

  • History remembers him not as a great leader, but as a reluctant abdicator who walked away during the crisis.
  • The committee viewed the manager as an abdicator of his duties once he stopped supervising the project team.

Synonyms: quitter, resigner, renouncer, relinquisher