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Recent Examples of abdication
Stanley Milgram’s obedience experiments also reveal another dimension of compliance: the abdication of responsibility.
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Dr. Sunita Sah, TIME, 4 Jan. 2025
To pretend that a national tragedy was a personal villainy is a form of escapism and moral abdication.
—John R. MacArthur, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Waiting for innocent citizens to be investigated — at great emotional, financial and reputational harm — would be an unacceptable abdication of Biden’s constitutional duty to preserve the rule of law.
—Pierce O'Donnell, The Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2024
The last time around, the naive abdication of the requirements of national defense made reviving the arsenal of democracy on a short timeline unnecessarily difficult.
—Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
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Dr. Sunita Sah, TIME, 4 Jan. 2025
To pretend that a national tragedy was a personal villainy is a form of escapism and moral abdication.
—John R. MacArthur, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Waiting for innocent citizens to be investigated — at great emotional, financial and reputational harm — would be an unacceptable abdication of Biden’s constitutional duty to preserve the rule of law.
—Pierce O'Donnell, The Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2024
The last time around, the naive abdication of the requirements of national defense made reviving the arsenal of democracy on a short timeline unnecessarily difficult.
—Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abdication
Noun
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In 2023, Haenel announced her retirement from cinema, citing the complacency and indifference of the French industry to the #MeToo movement as the reason.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Feb. 2025
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The official was placed on leave for pushing back and announced his retirement shortly after.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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On Monday alone, five different judges took action that favored challenges to Mr. Trump's directives on birthright citizenship, a freeze on federal funding, cuts to how medical research grants are funded and his deferred resignation program.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2025
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O'Toole paused the deferred resignation program last week.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Rubio was on the tarmac for the departure of the flight, which was taking 32 men and 11 women back to Colombia.—
Juan Zamorano,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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Despite the departures, Hurley believes in his team.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
2 Feb. 2025
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“Abdication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abdication. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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