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"Respecting the democratic process does not mean you abdicate your role of enforcing the limits in the Constitution, whether in the Bill of Rights or in separation of powers," he said.

"Once you abdicate responsibility for something like the environment to the EU, there is a danger that it infantilises the government machine at all levels and people just sit and wait to be told what to do," Eustice said.

When you fall silent in the moment of tragedy, you abdicate your right to steer the conversation once the tiny dead are buried.

"This doesn't mean you abdicate your throne as their parent, it means you change your behavior to mimic that of a close friend.

But, if you let things go, if you abdicate your responsibility to your own happiness again and again and again, eventually you are likely to get very p*ssed indeed.

However, according to Jeffrey Toobin in The New Yorker, "Breyer concedes that a judicial approach based on 'active liberty' will not yield solutions to every constitutional debate," and that, in Breyer's words, "Respecting the democratic process does not mean you abdicate your role of enforcing the limits in the Constitution, whether in the Bill of Rights or in separation of powers".

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"That is not like a general election where you almost abdicate responsibility to the party that you vote for [to make decisions on your behalf], they understand that they've got to get it right [in the referendum]." It's precisely this anxiety that Agnes Wilson, a volunteer at the RNLI charity shop in Dunbar, reflects when she explains her own indecision.

Does that mean you just abdicate responsibility for the actions of your members?

But one constant remains; you cannot abdicate responsibility for your children.

You cannot abdicate responsibility for your money.

London, home to style icons Kate Middleton and Kate Moss, the time has come for you to abdicate the throne as premiere fashion ruler of the world and welcome your successor: New York, the new fashion capital.

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