(1)放弃(权利、责任或职权)

(2)退位
指国王或政府高级官员自愿放弃其职位。退位与辞职〔resignation〕不同，后者是指某人将其由他人所赋予的权力、职位交还他人，例如下级向上级辞职即是交还权力。在英国历史上发生有多起国王退位事件，例如1688年詹姆斯二世〔James Ⅱ〕根据《权利法案》〔Bill of Rights〕而退位。但现在英王退位须依议会法律才能生效，例如爱德华八世〔Edward Ⅷ〕于1936年退位即是依据当年的《陛下退位声明法》〔His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act〕。此外，非自愿辞职亦以该术语表示。

• related goods
• related party transactions
• related proceedings
• related taxpayers
• Relatio est fictio juris et intenta ad unum.
• relation
• relation back
• relatione/rel.
• relation of debtor and creditor
• relation of physician and patient
• relations
• relations by affinity
• relations by blood
• relationship
• relations of the half blood
• Relatio semper fiat ut valeat dispositio.
• relative
• relative confession
• relative convenience doctrine
• relative fact
• relative impediment
• relative injuries
• relatively least developed countries
• relative powers
• relative responsibility statutes