The king signed the instrument of abdication.

国王签署了逊位的文告。

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It is, instead, a grotesque abdication of responsibility.

相反，这是一种荒诞的推卸责任行为。

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Certainly, life after the Abdication was going to be difficult.

的确如此，退位后的生活肯定是艰难的。

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President Zuma's silence certainly contradicts that and seems to be an abdication of the leadership role that South Africa could be providing the continent."

VOA: standard.2009.07.06

Prince Willem-Alexander has become king of the Netherlands following the abdication of his 75-year-old mother.

BBC: Profile: Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands

In 1848, the Second French Republic was proclaimed two days after the abdication of King Louis-Philippe.

CNN: Thursday,

But some religious Scouting leaders called the delay an abdication of the organization's values.

WSJ: Boy Scouts Postpone Decision on Gay Members