0 present participle of abdicate
1 If a king or queen abdicates, he or she makes a formal statement that he or she no longer wants to be king or queen:
King Edward VIII abdicated (the British throne) in 1936.
2 to stop controlling or managing something that you are in charge of:
She abdicated all responsibility for the project.
Others thought that they were the responsibility of their employers and were at risk of abdicating responsibility.
What some of my colleagues call "depoliticising monetary policy"others might call"abdicating responsibility for monetary policy".
Abdicating power to the market undermines and devalues democracy, and gives comfort only to those for whom democracy is a threat.
I say it is abdicating its responsibilities now.
We are not abdicating responsibility—that is what happened under the previous lot.
She is abdicating responsibility for the decisions taken about her life and future.
Certainly, insurance companies have a role to play in abdicating insurance if a drunken driver is found guilty of an offence.
In doing so, they are abdicating the responsibility they have in playing a part in the security of the civilian population.
