abdicant

[ ab-di-kuh nt ]
/ ˈæb dɪ kənt /

adjective

abdicating, forsaking, or deserting: to be abdicant of one's duty.

noun

a person who abdicates; abdicator.

Origin of abdicant

1645–55; < Latin abdicant- (stem of abdicāns), present participle of abdicāre. See abdicate, -ant