abdication
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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
Elizabeth is also the conscience of the piece, befriending the Creature and being alternately attracted to Victor and repulsed by what she sees as his moral degeneracy—never mind his abdication of parental responsibility.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
It also alleged that the university’s “cowardly abdication of its duty to ensure unfettered access to UCLA’s educational opportunities” violated the students’ freedom of speech and other rights.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2025
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
After all, Goddard promised his disciples anything a human heart could desire, in exchange for the complete abdication of one’s conscience.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing abdication
Vocabulary From the Ninth Democratic Debate, April 14, 2016
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