1
as in acceptance
the action or condition of enduring hardship or discomfort without resisting or attempting to improve it
They had reached a state of resignation to being broke.
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as in retirement
the act or practice of giving up something (such as a job or position)
The senator abruptly announced his resignation following news of the scandal.
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Recent Examples of resignation
Reports about the probe came two days after CNBC first reported that UnitedHealthcare is offering buyouts to employees and could pursue layoffs if resignation quotas aren’t met.
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Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2025
The prosecutors assert that Becker also didn’t take responsibility in his Dec. 6 resignation letter, which didn’t mention his conviction.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
Adkins was president of the Gary Common Council until her resignation following the legislative body’s Jan. 21 meeting.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
O'Toole paused the deferred resignation program last week.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
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Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2025
The prosecutors assert that Becker also didn’t take responsibility in his Dec. 6 resignation letter, which didn’t mention his conviction.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
Adkins was president of the Gary Common Council until her resignation following the legislative body’s Jan. 21 meeting.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
O'Toole paused the deferred resignation program last week.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resignation
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The study confirms that public tolerance for electricity theft is highly context-dependent, with greater acceptance when offenders face financial hardship and unreliable electricity access.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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An auspicious Korean childhood culminates in acceptance to one of Seoul’s three most prestigious universities.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article As a chef, Antonio Castro was never offered a pension and could never save much for retirement.—
Michael Cuglietta,
Orlando Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2025
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And given the mandatory retirement age, the FAA must grapple with constant attrition.—
Avery Lotz,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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The exact timeline for review will depend on the volume of submissions, according to Hill.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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In our main market—life sciences R&D—Gen AI and large language models are helping streamline high-volume tasks, such as regulatory submissions creation or safety case intake.—
Aman Wasan,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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McBride declined to comment on whether the White House was involved in the Tate Brothers' departure from Romania.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Yet there’s also been a lack of leadership within the Bianconeri side, especially more so since the departure of Danilo, who fell down the pecking order under Motta at the beginning of the season.—
Emmet Gates,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The defeatism that has come to define the way that many young people today perceive the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis is not really part of her vocabulary.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2025
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Some climate scientists prefer to call it climate defeatism instead, and others have called doom the new climate denial because of how disempowering its black-and-white logic is: There is nothing to be done to stop climate collapse, so why bother trying?—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
3 Dec. 2024
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“Resignation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resignation. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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