Synonyms for ABDICATION
ab·di·ca·tion

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1. abdication, stepping downnoun

   a formal resignation and renunciation of powers

   Synonyms:
   abdication, stepping down

2. abdication, stepping downnoun

   the act of abdicating

   Synonyms:
   abdication, stepping down

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1. abdicationnoun

   Synonyms:
   abdicating, resignation, surrender, renunciation, abandonment

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1. List of paraphrases for "abdication":

   resignation, renunciation, capitulation, waiver

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1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

2. Adam Schiff:

   I think that would be a terrible abdication of our global leadership when it comes to advocating for people who are the subject of persecution.

3. Steny Hoyer:

   He doesn't have to vote for it, every senator will have to make their own decision. But not to bring it to the floor is an abdication of his responsibility to the American people.

4. Dickie Arbiter:

   Most people will look upon 2019 as not a particularly good year for the institution but the queen came out pretty well, the monarchy has evolved over 1,000 years. It has had all sorts of circumstances running against it, but it has survived. It survived 1992, it survived the abdication of (King Edward VIII in) 1936, it survived 2019.

5. Mitch McConnell:

   Senate Intelligence Committee is retreat in the faceof an enemy that has not yet been vanquished and an abdication of American leadership.