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absolve not abdicate. you abdicate a throne, you are absolved of responsibility
by ice109 9y ago
absolve not abdicate. you abdicate a throne, you are absolved of responsibility
- amsilprotag 9y agoI think people are trying to say abrogate. I've seen this usage a few times lately.
- throwanem 9y agoThat connotes a degree of misfeasance, though - to say one has abrogated a responsibility is to say he has failed to uphold it, where the sense intended here is more one of absolution or relief.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoYou 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 https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/abdicate
- debatem1 9y agoAbdicate is correct here. It also means "to cast off", although that meaning is seldom used anywhere other than the phrase "abdicating responsibility". Edit: not sure why I'm being down voted. I am correct: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abdicate https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abdicate
- fenomas 9y ago"The CTO abdicated his responsibility" would be okay, but "This doesn't abdicate the CTO of his responsibility" doesn't work.
- droithomme 9y agoCorrect, regarding his usage as a synonym for excuse, forgive or mitigate. However, you can abdigate a responsibility. One can say for example that the CTO abdigated his responsibility to ensure the production database was protected and backed up.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- abuani 9y agoI didn't look at comments until today, I love that the primary thread I spawned was the semantic differences between absolve and abdicate. I appreciate the criticism, I learned quite a bit about the differences :)