resignation
Roget category 757
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.6. General intersocial volition
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#757.
Resignation
noun
resignation,
retirement,
abdication,
renunciation,
abjuration —
abandonment,
relinquishment.
verb
resign —
give up,
throw up —
lay down,
throw up the cards,
wash one's hands of,
abjure,
renounce,
forego,
disclaim,
retract —
deny
etc.
536.
abrogate
etc.
756 —
desert
etc.
(relinquish)
624 —
get rid of
etc.
782.
abdicate —
vacate,
vacate one's seat —
accept the stewardship of the Chiltern accept the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds —
retire —
tender one's resignation.
adjective
abdicant†.
phrase
Othello's occupation's gone"
[Othello].
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