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How to use abdicate in a sentence

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Someone thinks Charles should abdicate the British throne and come out here instead.
Notoriously ill-informed over policy detail and often content to abdicate control, he nonetheless maintained presidential dominance.
If we abdicate our roles as adults, it will be media and peers that educate our kids.
And Kings that earn their crown rarely abdicate, they leave the building via mortal battle.
There is no way for a citizen of a republic to abdicate his responsibilities.
The government can pass the buck to companies, and workers can abdicate all responsibility.
Hindenburg also used his huge influence to persuade Kaiser Wilhelm to abdicate and to go to Holland.
This is the day that I officially abdicate from my throne and pass the kingship on to my successor.
Much like the British monarchy, when the current Aga Khan is ready to abdicate his post, he will personally choose a successor.
On 15 March 1917, the supreme ruler of Russia, the autocratic Tsar Nikolas II, was forced to abdicate in the face of revolution.
In 449 bc, when they became tyrannical, the decemvirs were forced to abdicate.
The ruinous effects of World War I, combined with internal pressures, sparked the March 1917 uprising that led Tsar Nicholas II to abdicate the throne.
I believe that in this area Europe has a social duty that it cannot abdicate.
One is a bad choice and that is to adopt a short-term fix and cut taxes, abdicate our government responsibilities.
Faced with their own problems, many divorced parents too often become their children's pals and abdicate their parental responsibilities.
The designated heir was said to be too ill to take the oath of office but refused to abdicate.
The decision-maker may receive and consider reports of others as long as it does not abdicate it's responsibility to make a decision.
This does not mean that he should be permissive or lax or that he should abdicate his authority.
In September 1940, King Carol II was forced to abdicate after the loss of northern Transylvania to Hungary.
Yet, the African Union cannot abdicate its responsibilities vis-à-vis Somalia and fail its people.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Here he held the famous council as to whether he should abdicate the Mexican throne or not.
The king and queen who are at present occupying my throne are very old and tottering, and are going to abdicate shortly in my favor.
God wills also that thou abdicate a manifold and duplex life, and that thou be content that others speak for thee.
Whenever you like to rebel, I shall be just as ready to abdicate.
He was opposed to any negotiations for peace, and threatened to abdicate.
It does not abdicate, when men allege the illegitimacy of its authority.
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