abdication

Example Sentences

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He became king of Scotland in the cradle, following the abdication of his mother, Mary, Queen of Scots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

At the time of the gift, Elizabeth's parents were the Duke and Duchess of York, before her father ascended to the throne as George VI, following his brother Edward VIII's abdication.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 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

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