Roleset abdicate.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to relinquish (power or responsibility)":

Roles:

Arg0:abdicator, agent


Arg1:responsibility

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


transitive (-)
By [*-1] ignoring costs , U.S. strategists abdicate their responsibility for hard decisions .
ArgM-MNR:	By [*-1] ignoring costs
Arg0:	U.S. strategists
REL:	abdicate
Arg1:	their responsibility for hard decisions