A king who ABDICATES renounces or swears away his kingly privileges and duties.
To ABSCOND does not mean to take someone's money, as is commonly supposed, but to go away secretly, flying from the law.
Anyone who AVERTS danger wards it away from oneself; to AVERT one's eyes is to turn them away.
To be ABSENT is to be away from a place.
ABSTRACT ideas are those which are separated from concrete experience; a thief who ABSTRACTS my money from my pocket takes it away from me.
Also: abstain, abstruse.
