abdication
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The abdication, Max Kennedy said, is a terrible example for students.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 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
My organization, UltraViolet, has been one of the leaders in the campaign to hold Meta accountable for its total abdication of the duty to protect users on its platform.
From Salon • Sep. 24, 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
“Your abdication has become necessary to save Germany from civil war.”
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Vocabulary lists containing abdication
Vocabulary From the Ninth Democratic Debate, April 14, 2016
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