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as in to relinquish
to give up (as a position of authority) formally
abnegated all claims to the deceased lord's domain
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as in to renounce
to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)
felt that if the Congress adopted these security measures, it would be abnegating the nation's fundamental commitment to individual rights
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Recent Examples of abnegate
Her sins are the sins of loving too much and in too self-abnegating a fashion.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023
Abnegating this responsibility is going against the will of the people and we were voted in to protect the interests of the people.
—Jan Engoren, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 July 2017
Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023
Abnegating this responsibility is going against the will of the people and we were voted in to protect the interests of the people.
—Jan Engoren, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abnegate
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Agustín Arteaga, who has led the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) since 2016, will relinquish the role of director there on December 31.News Desk, Artforum, 5 Nov. 2024
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Gang plays Cheon-young, a commoner who is enslaved but never relinquishes his dignity.Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Others, such as Brazil and India, work with Russia as members of BRICS but want to reform rather than renounce the existing global order.Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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Left and right, fearful of political backlash and empowered by dog whistling on the right, companies have been slowly revoking and renouncing their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, as well as policies designed to lift up employees of color.Gayle Jennings, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
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The risk of abdicating your leadership responsibility to the IT team is only the future of your company.Lisa Hale, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Years before, Grand Duke Jean inherited the throne when his mother, Grand Duchess Charlotte, abdicated in 1964.Janine Henni, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
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Two works, a Diane Arbus photo and an Eric Fischl painting, were withdrawn, presumably for lack of interest.Brian Boucher for ArtNews, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
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The recommendations are quite broad, so the Section recommends that Treasury withdraw and reissue the current Proposed TOI Regulations with a requirement that reporting would be required only for TOIs entered into on or after the re-proposal occurs.Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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Duffy resigned as district attorney in 2010 shortly after announcing a run for Congress.Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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Kenneth Allen has resigned from the Indianapolis Public Schools board starting immediately after being elected to be the next Center Township constable last week.Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
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In the lyrical spar, J. Cole offered a diss record against his Compton peer, but then retracted the song and issued an apology.DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The most infamous of these had occurred in 2000, when several networks prematurely called Florida for Al Gore, only to retract the call and later declare George W. Bush the winner, as the state plunged into a protracted recount.Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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Motions by Yandell and Sylvester to overturn their guilty verdicts were denied by a federal judge this month and they’re set to be sentenced on Dec. 18, records show.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Georgia officials denied his request and the electoral count went on over his objections.The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 14 Nov. 2024
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But without the context of how these perspectives contradict or diverge from each other, the characters’ conflicts feel weightless, and dialogue that directs them to state their objectives comes off empty.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
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However, charging documents revealed this account was contradicted by witness statements and text messages exchanged between Mullooly and Higgins from the previous day, which showed Kelly before the incident.Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2024
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