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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
In a series of increasingly tense calls, Altman demanded the resignations of board members who had moved to fire him.
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Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Sides’ resignation is effective immediately, according to a county news release issued Monday.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
The movement forced the resignation of the government and exposed the fragility of the state’s political and economic order.
—Jasmin Lilian Diab, The Conversation, 5 Apr. 2026
Just two weeks after becoming pope in 2013 – after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI – Francis observed Holy Thursday by washing the feet of inmates in a youth detention center.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
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Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Sides’ resignation is effective immediately, according to a county news release issued Monday.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
The movement forced the resignation of the government and exposed the fragility of the state’s political and economic order.
—Jasmin Lilian Diab, The Conversation, 5 Apr. 2026
Just two weeks after becoming pope in 2013 – after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI – Francis observed Holy Thursday by washing the feet of inmates in a youth detention center.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resignation
Noun
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What has also helped its adoption and acceptance, besides the technology working, is that Stacy and his team have avoided trying to reinvent the fan viewing experience.—
Andrew Marchand,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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As the generation of Americans who brought tattoos into the mainstream gets older, the acceptance of tattoos and the drive for people like Jerabek to get them are growing.—
Panashe Matemba-Mutasa,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Over the next two years, the couple drew from tax-advantaged retirement investments as well as state pensions.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2026
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For millions of working Americans, the combination of Social Security and federal health insurance makes retirement possible.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Meantime, what Michigan has done lately - cruised on a murderous March march that humbled Arizona into submission into the national semifinal - does matter.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2026
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Our search for the area’s best started with more than 500 submissions, representing nearly 60 different local businesses.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2026
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Her departure only adds to the rebuilding job head coach Mark Campbell will need to do this off-season as TCU must replace Big 12 Player of the Year Olivia Miles and first team All-Big 12 forward Marta Suarez along with starting wing Taylor Bigby.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Apr. 2026
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Wheeler-Thomas will battle to fill the void after the departure of Dylan Andrews, who played one season for the Broncos after transferring from UCLA.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Apr. 2026
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But for Coles, his indoctrination to law enforcement has been a different level of submissiveness.—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
2 Dec. 2025
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In Killers of the Flower Moon, his Ernest Burkhart starts off as a mopey, weak-minded World War One veteran, eager to do anything for his godfather uncle (Robert De Niro), but there’s still a certain likability to his dim-bulb submissiveness.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
2 Oct. 2025
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Their take-your-medicine defeatism from just last month morphed into fast action.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
29 Jan. 2026
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Yet Hiller’s latest equivocating mea culpa, with the now-familiar language of hardship and defeatism so unbecoming of a professional hockey team, rang unconvincing.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Resignation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resignation. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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