abdicate

The metaphor of a “marketplace of ideas” is routinely trotted out by people like Zuckerberg to defend abdicating responsibility for doing what they can to ensure that freedom and democracy thrive.

But the story that unfolded brought global spotlight on the case, while its complexity put the country's then British rulers in a spot of bother, and eventually forced an Indian king to abdicate.

By quitting that agreement, the U.S. will abdicate any leadership role when it comes to the most consequential issue facing the international community while reducing pressure on China to curb its greenhouse gas emissions.

In April, he announced his position to “leave it to the states,” in essence abdicating a strong stance on abortion access.

The legislature voluntarily, nay, eagerly, abdicated its responsibility when it could have used skepticism and restraint.