abdication
/ˌabdɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
/noun
1An act of abdicating or renouncing the throne: Edward VIII did not marry until after his abdication...
- The conference at Abernethy ended in the abdication of Constantin.
- His death was followed 11 months later by King Edward VIII's abdication.
- Meanwhile, Russia's problems did not disappear with the abdication.
Synonyms
resignation, retirement;
relinquishment, renunciation, giving up, surrender, abjuration, vacation, ceding, cession
archaic demission
2Failure to fulfil a responsibility or duty: we are witnessing an abdication of responsibility on the part of European governments...
- Spoiling your ballot paper (s) today is an abdication of personal responsibility.
- Garrow offers three basic reasons why he thinks Justice Blackmun is guilty of "a scandalous abdication of judicial responsibility."
- Or there may be a tendency to place too much faith in Fate, which leads to an abdication of personal responsibility.
Synonyms
disowning, renunciation, rejection, refusal, avoidance, abnegation, relinquishment, abjuration, repudiation, waiving, yielding, forgoing, abandonment, surrender, disgorgement, casting aside
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