Resignation Synonyms and Antonyms

rĕzĭg-nāshən
The act of resigning
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. retirement
  2. departure
  3. forbearance
  4. leaving
  5. quitting
  6. giving-up
  7. abdication
  8. surrender
  9. long-suffering
  10. withdrawal
  11. relinquishment
  12. abandonment
  13. vacating
  14. patience
  15. tendering one's resignation
  16. giving up office
  17. termination of one's connection
  18. tolerance
Synonyms:
(Verb)
  1. abdicate
  2. resign
  3. disaffiliate
  4. disassociate

Words Related to Resignation

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. keep
  2. accept
  3. forced-resignation
  4. retiral
  5. expulsion

Resignation Sentence Examples

  • He looked at her long enough for her to see resignation in his gaze.

  • There was a look of resignation, not concern, on Cynthia's face as Dean shouldered his pack and Cynthia's camera equipment.

  • She spoke with total resignation, utter defeat as she looked up at me.

  • Finally, with a sigh of resignation, he began the fifteen-minute walk back to the awaiting problems of civilization.

  • On the 23rd of December 1863 his resignation was cancelled, and he was assigned to the command of the military district of Etowah, with headquarters at Chattanooga.

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