verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a king abdicates (= gives up the position of being king )
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It shocked the nation when the king abdicated.
a queen abdicates (= gives up the position of being queen )
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The Queen is unlikely to abdicate.
abdicate responsibility formal (= refuse to have responsibility for something you used to have responsibility for )
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The state should not allow parents to abdicate responsibility for their children.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
responsibility
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But this made the Department and ministers once again vulnerable to charges of abdicating their responsibilities for financial and policy goals.
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When governments abdicate this steering responsibility , disaster often follows.
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This is not a reason why district ethics committees should yield to pressure to abdicate their responsibilities to local citizens.
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It worked in a few places, but most governments abdicated their steering responsibilities .
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If the court took this view, it would be abdicating its responsibility .
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President Kennedy assured Wallace that federal troops would be used only if the state abdicated its responsibilities .
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By invoking testosterone a man can abdicate responsibility for his own behaviour.
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Orkney Islands Council abdicated all responsibility to its social work department: my children were made to suffer accordingly.
throne
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Romero reportedly has abdicated his throne , which could give Johnson his opportunity at last.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By the end of the year he had abdicated.
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Edward reportedly surrendered and abdicated, whereupon the estates renounced their homage to him and then returned to inform parliament.
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Opponents also cite the city government as an example of where elected officials have abdicated their power to the appointed staff.
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President Kennedy assured Wallace that federal troops would be used only if the state abdicated its responsibilities.
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This is not a reason why district ethics committees should yield to pressure to abdicate their responsibilities to local citizens.
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When governments abdicate this steering responsibility, disaster often follows.