abdication

But a choice to do nothing is in fact an abdication of our basic freedoms, and only enables an administration that is set on destroying individual rights and political dissent.

But environmental groups were quick to condemn the plan as an abdication of the EPA’s responsibilities to Americans.

Regardless, Borkowski is clear on the strategy - Gimme A Hug, like the album, isn't a response track, it's an abdication from the fight.

She added: "Women are watching today. The public have had enough of the recent abdication, obfuscation and moral cowardice from this government."

Sarah Binder, a political science professor at George Washington University, told The Washington Post that such a move would be “an absolute abdication of their constitutional power.”