Noun
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe reality is that the media are probably the most powerful of all our institutions today and they, or rather we [journalists], too often are squandering our power and ignoring our obligations. The consequence of our abdication of responsibility is the ugly spectacle of idiot culture! Carl Bernstein
Pregnancy seemed like a tremendous abdication of control. Something growing inside you which would eventually usurp your life. Erica Jong
There is no difference between machine autonomy and the abdication of human responsibility. Jaron Lanier
Freedom of thought and of expression are not mere rights to be claimed. They have their roots deep in the existence of individuals as developing careers in time. Their denial and abrogation is an abdication of individuality and a virtual rejection of time as opportunity. John Dewey
A psychiatrist once diagnosed my troubles as "an abdication of will.”. Oscar Levant
Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to the Congress. Daniel Ellsberg