0 the fact of no longer controlling or managing something that you are in charge of:
It was a shocking abdication of responsibility.
His abdication of presidential authority was observed with mounting concern.
She believes that the pursuit of consensus is the abdication of leadership.
It was an extraordinary time in Nepal, with the declaration of a democratic republic in May and the abdication of the king in June.
Yet these are precisely the kinds of reactions that promote abdication of control and hope on the part of those suffering from mental disorder.
The results could be abdication of personal responsibility and an undermining of traditional religious morality.
It is only by becoming an official of the state that such an abdication of responsibility is justifiable.
The very nation he had served now betrayed him; he wavered between revenge, abdication and denial.