If a king or queen abdicates, he or she makes a formal statement that he or she no longer wants to be king or queen.

King Edward VIII abdicated (the British throne) in 1936. 英王爱德华八世在1936年退位（放弃英国王位）。

to stop controlling or managing something that you are in charge of

She abdicated all responsibility for the project. 她放弃了有关该项目的所有职责。

I don't want to abdicate responsibility for any of these problems.

It seems as if the government has abdicated responsibility for the economy.

If you don't speak out, you will be abdicating responsibility for what happens.

Making one person responsible for tackling bullying just encourages others to abdicate responsibility.