Sentence examples for was abdicated from inspiring English sources
verb
To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
On 9 November, Wilhelm II abdicated at Spa – or, to be exact, he was abdicated.
The picture he draws of Abu Ghraib is one in which Army regulations and the Geneva conventions were routinely violated, and in which much of the day-to-day management of the prisoners was abdicated to Army military-intelligence units and civilian contract employees.
A week later King Juan Carlos announced he was abdicating in favour of his son, Felipe.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was right last week when she warned that Pakistan was "abdicating to the Taliban".
Extreme catholicity rarely pleases anybody; the critics' usual complaint has been that the Whitney was abdicating its authority by including so much junk.
Mr. Byrd argued that the Senate was abdicating its responsibilities by not insisting on greater oversight of the administration's antiterror efforts.
He had been required to maintain the pose and he did not regret doing so, but it was a pose nonetheless, and one he was abdicating.
State Senator Barbara Buono, a Democrat from Edison who is running for governor, criticized the move and said Mr. Christie was "abdicating fiscal responsibility for the sake of political expediency".
"He's abdicated his responsibility".
"It is a tragedy that same-sex couples are forced to ask the courts to fulfil a responsibility which has been abdicated for too long by too many politicians".
Plaid Cymru education spokesman Simon Thomas said: "This is the correct decision to take when collective cabinet responsibility has been abdicated and you find yourself arguing against your own policies".
