This is a complete abdication of responsibility by our legislative leaders. (nystateofpolitics.com)
In the name of racial loyalty, and in an effort to keep alive the sense of oppression that fueled the revolts of our youth, we have engaged in an almost criminal abdication of responsibility. (firstthings.com)
There is an all - too - prevalent attitude which encourages this pseudo-individualistic abdication of responsibility: the blaming of individual or corporate actions on «the system.» (religion-online.org)