abdicate vs renounce

abdicate and renounce both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
abdicate	No	No	Yes	No
renounce	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, abdicate and renounce are synonyms defined as:

abdicate and renounce: give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

As verbs, renounce is a hypernym of abdicate; that is, renounce is a word with a broader meaning than abdicate:

abdicate: give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
renounce: leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

Other hypernyms of abdicate include give up, resign, vacate.

abdicate (verb)	renounce (verb)
give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations	cast off
	turn away from; give up
	leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
	give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations