RESIGNING Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

resigning

verb

present participle of resign

as in abdicating

to give up (as a position of authority) formally following the election, the incumbent cabinet members resigned their positions so the president could feel free to pick a new administration

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Recent Examples of resigning Despite their steadfast opposition to the change, most in the college hockey world are resigning themselves to likely new reality. —

Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026 Last fall, former Chief Floyd Mitchell openly criticized the stringent nature of federal court oversight while resigning from the department after just a year and a half on the job, leaving the agency searching for a new leader for at least the 10th time since 2015. —

Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 28 May 2026 But on a certain level, Van Gundy will always be a Knicks lifer who regrets resigning from the team a quarter century ago and who was interested in his old job when David Fizdale and Tom Thibodeau were hired instead. —

Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 26 May 2026 Gracias even followed Musk into the federal government, taking a role at the Department of Government Efficiency before resigning in July amid scrutiny over managing $2 billion in public pension assets while serving as a government employee. —

Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 May 2026 Skye Lazaro had been Kouri Richins attorney, before resigning from the case due to a conflict of interest. —

Natalie Morales, CBS News, 24 May 2026 Wasserman Schultz is also expected to face competition from Cherfilus-McCormick, who announced a reelection bid one day after resigning from office despite the allegations against her. —

Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 22 May 2026 Chief financial officer Rocco Bennici is resigning effective June 9, and chief executive officer Simone Badioli and Marco Piazzi, general manager of Pollini, will take over his duties. —

Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 19 May 2026 Those photos and several others, released by both the Post and other online publications, eventually led to Russini resigning from The Athletic and deleting her social media presence. —

Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026

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They’d be upset about Article One of the Constitution, the legislative branch abdicating its powers; that is, the people’s power to wage war and to levy tariffs.

— KEN BURNS, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
Dinello was right, and The Late Show eventually became late night’s ratings leader—a throne that CBS is now voluntarily abdicating.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026