transcription, транскрипция: [ æbdɪkeɪt ]
( abdicates, abdicating, abdicated)
1.
If a king or queen abdicates , he or she gives up being king or queen.
The last French king was Louis Philippe, who abdicated in 1848.
VERB : V , also V n
• ab‧di‧ca‧tion
...the most serious royal crisis since the abdication of Edward VIII.
N-UNCOUNT : usu with poss
2.
If you say that someone has abdicated responsibility for something, you disapprove of them because they have refused to accept responsibility for it any longer. ( FORMAL )
Many parents simply abdicate all responsibility for their children.
VERB : V n [ disapproval ]
• ab‧di‧ca‧tion
There had been a complete abdication of responsibility.
N-UNCOUNT : N of n