Resignation
Nouns
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resignation, retirement, abdication, renunciation, abjuration
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abandonment, relinquishment.
Verbs
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resign
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give up, throw up
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lay down, throw up the cards, wash one's hands of, abjure, renounce, forego, disclaim, retract
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deny etc. Negation. abrogate etc. Abrogation
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desert etc. (relinquish) Relinquishment
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get rid of etc. Relinquishment. abdicate
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vacate, vacate one's seat
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accept the stewardship of the Chiltern accept the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds
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retire
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tender one's resignation.
Phrases
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Othello's occupation's gone" [Othello].