Definition of "abdicating" []

• Present participle of abdicate. (verb)

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• "So certainly for the queen, the idea of abdicating isn't on."
• "Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, blasted the Pakistani government for "abdicating" to the Taliban, saying Pakistan now presents "a mortal threat" to the rest of the world."
• "I've visited with literally thousands of ER patients over the last two-plus years: very few of them were "abdicating" their health care."