abdicate vs secede

abdicate

verb
  • To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for. 

  • To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty. 

secede

verb
  • To split from or to withdraw from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation. 

  • To split or to withdraw one or more constituent entities from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation. 

How often have the words abdicate and secede occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )