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 Five months after resigning, Kent is continuing to press his case publicly while taking tentative steps to organize politically. — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 But despite resigning less than six months ago, Cherfilus-McCormick is running again this year. — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 Britain’s prime minister urged national soul-searching after Jason Arday, Cambridge’s youngest Black professor, died suddenly days after resigning amid plagiarism allegations and media scrutiny of his life story. — Sylvia Hui, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026 Jason Arday, a former University of Cambridge professor, was found dead in London on Friday, just days after resigning over questions surrounding his career. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026 Any lawmaker who believes double-dipping is a good thing should think about resigning. — Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026 Topline White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is resigning from her role, according to a Wednesday statement, citing her desire to spend more time with her children and family following the birth of her daughter in May. — Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Former chief continues to collect pay Dustman, who served as chief from 2022 to 2025, has received at least $100,000 since resigning, The Star previously revealed. — Ben Wheeler august 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026 However, publication has slowed to a trickle because Klein reviews every piece of data or report issued by the agency, said Elisabeth Kato, who worked at AHRQ for 16 years before resigning from a senior position in April. — Arthur Allen, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026

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This is what the impeachment process was designed for, to remove public officials abdicating their responsibilities.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of abdicating

Verb

America is the ultimate answer to the pogrom, and to the emancipation Europe offered on the condition of relinquishing Jewish ethnic and cultural distinctiveness.

— Rory Lancman, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
Giudice survived prison, divorce and years of family warfare without relinquishing her place at the center of New Jersey.

— Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of relinquishing

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That starts with renouncing the use of military intervention as a first resort and ending the practice of diplomacy by airstrike.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
In these photographs, the maternal body enters spaces designed around seduction, aspiration, and idealized femininity without renouncing any of them.

— Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026