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Comment by pbhjpbhj

8 years ago

You also abdicate responsibilities; ie you leave them, as a king leaves a throne. You can abdicate a philosophical position, just means you reject it.

Eg https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/abdicate

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fenomas  8 years ago

Nonetheless, "X doesn't abdicate responsibility from the CTO.." doesn't work - it would be the CTO that's abdicating his own responsibility.

  • pbhjpbhj  8 years ago

    People don't always language well.

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