abdication

[ab-di-key-shuhn]

noun

1. the act or state of abdicating; renunciation.

Other Word Forms

• nonabdication noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of abdication¹

First recorded in 1545–55, abdication is from the Latin word abdicātiōn- (stem of abdicātiō ). See abdicate, -ion

Example Sentences

The EPA’s announcement stunned many members of the environmental community who condemned it as a dangerous abdication of the agency’s mission to protect human health and the environment.

From Los Angeles Times

It also alleged that the university’s “cowardly abdication of its duty to ensure unfettered access to UCLA’s educational opportunities” violated the students’ freedom of speech and other rights.

From Los Angeles Times

But a choice to do nothing is in fact an abdication of our basic freedoms, and only enables an administration that is set on destroying individual rights and political dissent.

From Salon

But environmental groups were quick to condemn the plan as an abdication of the EPA’s responsibilities to Americans.

From Los Angeles Times

Regardless, Borkowski is clear on the strategy - Gimme A Hug, like the album, isn't a response track, it's an abdication from the fight.

From BBC

Related Words

• abandonment