Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: resign

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Usage examples:

About 80 of Grindr's 178 employees declined to relocate and were forced to resign.

Source: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/dating-app-grindr-loses-nearly-half-of-its-staff-over-return-to-office-mandate-4376977

About four per cent said they intended to resign from the force within the next two years and eight per cent stated they are already looking for other employment.

Source: https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/23266141.morale-lancashire-police-low-figures-suggest/?ref=rss

According to an Opinium poll taken at the end of March, a majority of people said they believed Johnson should resign if the committee ruled against him over misleading MPS about Partygate.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/10/furious-tories-boris-johnson-bias-outburst-rishi-sunak-nigel-adams-byelection

After becoming the first pope in six centuries to resign in 2013, Benedict promised to live 'hidden from the world', but broke that pledge to speak out on several explosive issues.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11626773/Years-tensions-Pope-Francis-predecessor-Benedict-revealed-explosive-memoir.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

After Wesley does some soul-searching, he decides to resign from Starfleet.

Source: https://screenrant.com/star-trek-tng-wesley-crusher-nova-squadron-why/

A leading figure from the SNP’s trade union has threatened to resign if the party does not now appoint forensic auditors.

Source: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/politics/scottish-politics/5616754/snp-humza-yousaf-party-transparency/

Alexander believed Biden would resign for health reasons in the first year of his presidency, but Democrats grossly overestimated the abilities and popularity of Kamala Harris.

Source: https://patriotpost.us/articles/95246-joe-biden-will-he-or-wont-he-2023-02-27

And although almost every Republican in the New York delegation has called on Santos to resign, even if they’d all voted in favor of expulsion, the yeas would still be far short of the required supermajority.

Source: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/opinion/george-santos-expulsion-vote-house-republicans-rcna84895

And, in a stunning change of stance, Ms Dorries said former PM David Cameron was wrong to resign when he did.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/nadine-dorries-boris-johnson-oxford-university-b2359440.html

And while some may quit, others resign silently, withdrawing from their job even if they are showing up for work — applying themselves as little as possible, Viviers said.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/strike-quebec-teachers-job-change-1.7063118?cmp=rss

An opinion writer for The New York Times has called on Claudine Gay to resign her post as Harvard’s president in light of an ongoing plagiarism scandal.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/9e9212c20fe2d713?ref=ff

Anti-fascist group Hope Not Hate have called for to resign after Saturday’s far-right clashes at the Cenotaph.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/nov/11/pro-palestine-march-london-israel-hamas-war-gaza-armistice-day

As for his Board of Supervisors seat, he said last month he would resign on May 15, after finishing treatment for post-traumatic stress and alcohol abuse at an out-of-state facility.

Source: https://voiceofsandiego.org/2023/04/11/morning-report-the-faces-of-homelessness-in-san-diego/

Asked if he pushed Mr Beattie to resign, Mr Yousaf said: “Colin and I had a conversation, as you’d expect us to do today, and he understood that the best thing for the party was for him to step back as being national treasurer.”

Source: https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/national/23467683.humza-yousaf-overseeing-snp-finances-treasurer-steps-arrest/?ref=rss

As part of a long, drawn-out speech, the 46-year-old repeatedly shouted "I will not resign".

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1807003/luis-rubiales-mum-hunger-strike-spanish-fa-jenni-hermoso

As the oldest representative in Congress, Feinstein has faced numerous questions about her fitness for office, with members of her own party urging her to resign after an extended absence from work following a shingles diagnosis in February.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/biden-is-not-the-only-80-year-old-running-the-us-meet-america-s-gerontocracy-20230728-p5drx4.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

A Sunday Times poll just last weekend asking if Sturgeon should resign also asked who should replace her – with Forbes topping the list after 'don't knows' were stripped out of the answer.

Source: https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/will-highland-msp-kate-forbes-replace-nicola-sturgeon-as-fir-303461/