abdication
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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
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
Vocabulary lists containing abdication
Vocabulary From the Ninth Democratic Debate, April 14, 2016
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