abdication
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Abdication is the norm at the egalitarian House of Orange.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2024
The exhibition includes documents that shine light on well-known love affairs, including the Instrument of Abdication of Edward VIII, the legal document allowing him to give up the throne and marry Wallis Simpson.
From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2020
“Bad message. Bad precedent. Abdication of moral responsibility. Risk to us.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2019
"Bad message. Bad precedent. Abdication of moral responsibility. Risk to us."
From Fox News • May 24, 2019
Abdication should be an act of free will on the part of the person who resigns.
From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 35, July 8, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Bishop, Julia Truitt
Vocabulary lists containing abdication
Vocabulary From the Ninth Democratic Debate, April 14, 2016
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