abdication
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At the time of the gift, Elizabeth's parents were the Duke and Duchess of York, before her father ascended to the throne as George VI, following his brother Edward VIII's abdication.
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025
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
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
Some days he fears they’re too late to make a difference, but more often, he realizes that such thinking is an abdication of responsibility.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024
I said it would be an abdication of our responsibility as leaders of the people if we did not do so.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Vocabulary From the Ninth Democratic Debate, April 14, 2016
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