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abdication

[ab-di-key-shuhn] / ˌæb dɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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But now his abdication moment has arrived, a year earlier than planned.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

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

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

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

And by destruction I mean precisely the abdication by Americans of any effort really to be free.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin




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