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abdication

[ab-di-key-shuhn] / ˌæb dɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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That is both a terrible abdication of responsibility and a false application of principle that serves only the interests of the wicked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The abdication, Max Kennedy said, is a terrible example for students.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

Sarah Binder, a political science professor at George Washington University, told The Washington Post that such a move would be “an absolute abdication of their constitutional power.”

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2024

The works taken are of the late Queen Elizabeth II and of Margrethe II, who was Queen of Denmark until her abdication earlier this year.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024

And by destruction I mean precisely the abdication by Americans of any effort really to be free.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin




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