abdication

Example Sentences

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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

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

Poet's Neuk said the land - at the corner of Greyfriars Garden and St Mary's Place - was gifted to the Fife town by Queen Mary prior to her abdication in 1567.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2025

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