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.

See also: abdicate (NOT DO)