abdicate

verb (NOT DO)

/ˈæb.dɪ.keɪt/

Definition

abdicate responsibility formal disapproving › to stop controlling or managing something that you are in charge of: She abdicated all responsibility for the project.Stop having or doing something abdication

/ˌæb.dɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ noun [U] › The council denied that their decision represented any abdication of responsibility.Stop having or doing somethingRetiring and resigning from work

(Definition of abdicate verb (NOT DO) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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