Sentence examples for abdication of self from inspiring English sources

"Being nice meant such a terrible abdication of self".

It is the abdication of all self-respect and certainly the shining star of the chronically pathetic.

It's a form of self-indulgence and abdication of a higher responsibility to family".

It's an abdication of privacy, and a presumption of self-importance, that could really only happen now – after years of "lifecasting" on Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and a thousand other platforms wore us down.

My mid-70's friend had the self-knowledge to apologize for his abdication of critical faculties.

But to leave this matter in the hands of lawyers and judges would be an abdication of our role as citizens and ultimately an abandonment of sovereignty and self-government.

Abdication of responsibility interested me".

Such as their abdication of party leadership.

the abdication of Richard and of Edward.

The abdication of Edward VIII? … nothing quite works.

It is the abdication of discretion".