RESIGNING (FROM) Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

resigning (from)

verb

present participle of resign (from)

as in leaving

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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The message was about taking care of one another — a seed Dyer has worked hard to plant and grow since leaving his electrical engineering career more than a decade ago to become a Presbyterian minister.

— Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
There is also romanticism around the return of Sergio Canales to Racing, with the 35-year-old former Real Madrid and Real Betis playmaker coming back to his hometown club 16 years after first leaving for the Bernabeu.

— Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

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The bundle exists to make quitting feel like downgrading a lifestyle, which is a lesson learned from airlines and Amazon Prime, applied for the first time to a checking account.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
And avoid any framing that treats dying as quitting, Brazzale recommends.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 5 Aug. 2026

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