renounce vs abdicate

renounce and abdicate both are verbs.

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

As verbs, abdicate is a hyponym of renounce; that is, abdicate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than renounce:

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

Other hyponyms of renounce include renounce.

As verbs, renounce and abdicate are synonyms defined as:

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

renounce (verb)	abdicate (verb)
cast off	give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
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