abdicating

present participle of abdicate

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Recent Examples of abdicating In June, the King spoke about the possibility of abdicating to make way for his daughter. Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025 This isn't about abdicating responsibility. Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abdicating
Verb
  • The risks associated with relinquishing control over my mobility also give me pause.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Liberation lies in relinquishing projection, in surrendering the desire for children to mirror our priorities and accomplishments.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images A Microsoft engineer is resigning after 13 years at the software giant, claiming the company continues to sell cloud services to the Israeli military and that executives won’t discuss the war in Gaza.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
  • That figure, already the highest on record, is expected to be eclipsed in 2025 as the focus on CEO accountability intensifies, with 25 CEOs resigning year to date after coming under activist pressure, with 20% of the departures occurring at S&P 500 companies.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Even worse, Park and his conservative successors had been bolstered by the very imperial forces from which the South Koreans had hoped to escape, in exchange for renouncing their right to forgive and to hold Japan accountable.
    Eun A Jo, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2022

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“Abdicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abdicating. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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