推すい譲じょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

conceding a position or title

Formal, rare term for yielding or stepping aside from a post or honor in favor of another. Often used in historical or ceremonial contexts.

• 老ろう臣しんが若わかい後こう継けい者しゃに推すい譲じょうする場ば面めんが記き録ろくに残のこっている。

  Records show a scene where the old retainer concedes his position to a young successor.