辞じ譲じょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

deferring to another; yielding to others

Formal, somewhat literary noun or suru-verb meaning to humbly decline or step aside in favor of someone else. Rare in everyday speech.

• 彼かれはその役やく職しょくを辞じ譲じょうした。

  He deferred the position to someone else.

• 辞じ譲じょうの美び徳とくは古ふるくから尊とうとばれてきた。