abdication

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Elizabeth is also the conscience of the piece, befriending the Creature and being alternately attracted to Victor and repulsed by what she sees as his moral degeneracy—never mind his abdication of parental responsibility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

The works taken are of the late Queen Elizabeth II and of Margrethe II, who was Queen of Denmark until her abdication earlier this year.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024

Lewis said he knew that some readers would view the enforced neutrality as an "abdication of responsibility" before painting it as a return to the paper's mission.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2024

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

It is the abdication from option, the act of betrayal itself.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin