RESIGN (FROM) Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

resign (from)

verb

Definition of resign (from)

as in to leave

to give up (a job or office) resigned from the company after the news broke that he had been falsifying financial statements for years

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Mercury retrograde in Scorpio leaves room for private reflection, too.

— Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital in September, which her attorneys say probably did not enter her bloodstream correctly and instead pooled in her arms, leaving them burned and blistered.

— CBS News, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026

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All of the tour’s other openers and Sheeran’s own backing band ended up quitting the tour in solidarity with Macklemore and Palestine.

— William Earl, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
The number of workers quitting jobs — a barometer of their confidence to obtain new employment — spiked to levels not seen since March 2025.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026

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resign (from)

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