abdication

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The abdication of curatorial responsibility here might have been at least partially forgivable if the show were stuffed with so much engaging work that finding a unifying through-line proved nearly impossible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

The abdication, Max Kennedy said, is a terrible example for students.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

Regardless, Borkowski is clear on the strategy - Gimme A Hug, like the album, isn't a response track, it's an abdication from the fight.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2025

Sarah Binder, a political science professor at George Washington University, told The Washington Post that such a move would be “an absolute abdication of their constitutional power.”

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2024

“Your abdication has become necessary to save Germany from civil war.”

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman