abdication
Example Sentences
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“Everyone has bought into this collective abdication of responsibility.”
From Washington Post
“Doing nothing is an abdication of our responsibility as representatives of the American people.”
From Washington Post
"Doing nothing is an abdication of our responsibility as representatives of the American people here in the United States Senate."
From BBC
Proposing that we arm teachers to prevent school shootings is an abdication of common sense and legislative duty.
From Washington Post
The biggest obstacle to the pope’s abdication, though, has nothing to do with his schedule.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
