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abdication

[ab-di-key-shuhn] / ˌæb dɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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He became king of Scotland in the cradle, following the abdication of his mother, Mary, Queen of Scots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

It isn’t enough to be enraged about this national abdication; we need to build a plan to fix it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

Such a recognition is an abdication not only of basic human decency, but also of national interest and strategic sanity.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 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

“Your abdication has become necessary to save Germany from civil war.”

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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