Meaning & use
resignation
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The formal act of giving up a job or position.
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She submitted her resignation after accepting a job at a rival company.
The scandal forced the minister's resignation within days.
A note on using this word
Resignation has a second, unrelated everyday meaning: a calm, unresisting acceptance of something unpleasant, as in 'she sighed with resignation.'
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departureabdication
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A feeling of accepting something undesirable as inevitable, without protest.
He shrugged with resignation when told the flight was delayed again.
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