as in to resign
to give up (as a position of authority) formally
the revolutionary government forced Nicholas II to abdicate the Russian throne
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Recent Examples of abdicate
Democrats and human rights advocates accuse the administration of the abdicating U.S. soft power on the global stage.
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Laura Kelly, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2025
This is not the time for educators to abdicate their role in helping to shape how race is discussed in this country.
—Anne Tapp Jaksa, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
The Queen abdicated her position in January 2024 on the 52nd anniversary of her rise to the throne, becoming the first Danish royal to voluntarily do so in almost 900 years.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 12 May 2025
On too many issues, foreign and domestic, Congress has abdicated its authority often leaving Trump with the power of a monarch.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
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Laura Kelly, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2025
This is not the time for educators to abdicate their role in helping to shape how race is discussed in this country.
—Anne Tapp Jaksa, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
The Queen abdicated her position in January 2024 on the 52nd anniversary of her rise to the throne, becoming the first Danish royal to voluntarily do so in almost 900 years.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 12 May 2025
On too many issues, foreign and domestic, Congress has abdicated its authority often leaving Trump with the power of a monarch.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
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For example, the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and almost a dozen other lawyers were either forced to resign or chose to leave their posts over the DOJ's handling of the Eric Adams corruption case.—
Sophie Clark
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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But many of his jobs ended with him being fired or forced to resign, the Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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In addition there are concerns about relinquishing control of monetary policy as countries in the euro zone are subject to decisions by the ECB, Tursa added.—
Sophie Kiderlin,
CNBC,
10 June 2025
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The nonprofit Consumer Watchdog argued that the bill would relinquish state control of California’s famously ambitious clean energy policies.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
6 June 2025
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The measure shows how Florida’s flagship institution is formalizing political expectations for Ono, who conservative critics have renounced as a left-wing opportunist feigning opposition to DEI to appease the state’s Republican base.—
Garrett Shanley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
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Yes, but once you are naturalized, you are considered fully Argentine in the eyes of the law, and citizenship cannot be renounced.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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“Abdicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abdicate. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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