| Subject | English | Russian |
| hist. | abdicate in favour of | отречься от престола в пользу (Andrey Truhachev) |
| hist. | abdicate in favour of | отрекаться от престола в пользу (under pressure from the events of the revolution, he was forced to abdicate in favour of his nephew Franz Joseph Andrey Truhachev) |
| gen. | abdicate in favour of sb | отречься от престола в пользу к-либо (IngaP) |