as in to abdicate
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 resign
Loving succeeds Nicole Migliorini, who resigned on May 14 after serving less than a year on the job.
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Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
The first season — the show’s already been renewed for a second — follows Isla Gordon (Hudson), who’s chosen to run her family’s legendary basketball franchise after a scandal forces her brother (Justin Theroux) to resign.
—Kara Warner, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
The coach previously resigned before this incident, and the last day of school was already going to be his last day as an employee.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 23 May 2025
Then-Mayor Patrick Cannon resigned in 2014 he was arrested for taking bribes from FBI agents posing as Charlotte business owners.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2025
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Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
The first season — the show’s already been renewed for a second — follows Isla Gordon (Hudson), who’s chosen to run her family’s legendary basketball franchise after a scandal forces her brother (Justin Theroux) to resign.
—Kara Warner, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
The coach previously resigned before this incident, and the last day of school was already going to be his last day as an employee.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 23 May 2025
Then-Mayor Patrick Cannon resigned in 2014 he was arrested for taking bribes from FBI agents posing as Charlotte business owners.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2025
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Seen for First Time Since Hospitalization King Frederik assumed the throne in January 2024, following Queen Margrethe's decision to abdicate.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
28 May 2025
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Akihito, who ascended to the throne after his father, Hirohito, died in 1989, became the first Japanese monarch in 200 years to abdicate his post.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
5 May 2025
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Despite bipartisan and nearly unequivocal support for Gypsum Canyon in the intervening four years, Agran has refused to relinquish his goal of completing a veterans cemetery in Irvine.—
Jonathan Horwitz,
Oc Register,
28 May 2025
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Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum devoted to African American history as part of a settlement with one of the subjects’ descendants.—
Leah Willingham,
Christian Science Monitor,
28 May 2025
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The measure shows how Florida’s flagship institution is formalizing political expectations for Ono, who conservative critics have renounced as a left-wing opportunist feigning opposition to DEI to appease the state’s Republican base.—
Garrett Shanley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
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Yes, but once you are naturalized, you are considered fully Argentine in the eyes of the law, and citizenship cannot be renounced.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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“Resign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resign. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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