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as in acceptance
the action or condition of enduring hardship or discomfort without resisting or attempting to improve it
They had reached a state of resignation to being broke.
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as in retirement
the act or practice of giving up something (such as a job or position)
The senator abruptly announced his resignation following news of the scandal.
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Recent Examples of resignation
Those appearances prefaced the subsequent resignations of the leaders of Harvard University, Columbia University, and the University of Pennsylvania, all of them women.
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Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
The resignation comes after Dalton police said the officer had mistakenly pulled over Ximena Arias Cristobal on May 5.
—Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 24 May 2025
Civil Rights Division lawyers depart under Dhillon's leadership Under Dhillon's leadership, the DOJ's civil rights division has lost more than 100 of its attorneys through deferred resignation agreements, demotions and resignations.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 22 May 2025
The more recent incident sparked outrage and led to calls for her resignation.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
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Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
The resignation comes after Dalton police said the officer had mistakenly pulled over Ximena Arias Cristobal on May 5.
—Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 24 May 2025
Civil Rights Division lawyers depart under Dhillon's leadership Under Dhillon's leadership, the DOJ's civil rights division has lost more than 100 of its attorneys through deferred resignation agreements, demotions and resignations.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 22 May 2025
The more recent incident sparked outrage and led to calls for her resignation.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resignation
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However, other traits like emotional acceptance or being highly goal-focused sometimes led to less supportive dynamics, suggesting that what’s adaptive for an individual may not always strengthen the relationship.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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There were thanks for Lineker’s contributions from the BBC’s director general Tim Davie but also the acceptance that there could be no reconciliation this time.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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And that trend invites a question: When will America's retirement age stop rising? Which retailers are raising prices over tariffs?—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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Adjustments were also made to the way retirement payments for federal employees are calculated and dilute tax credits for clean electricity investments.—
Molly Bohannon,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Tuition is $525 for applications submitted by June 30 and $575 for submissions past that date.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2025
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Finally, applications submitted through national job boards typically are never reviewed by a human out of necessity, because there are so many low-quality and/or AI-powered job application bot submissions on those boards.—
Rebecca Fraser-Thill,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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Through at least June 15, no more than 28 arrivals and the same number of departures will be allowed each hour, marking a 28% decrease from the average of 39 that typically take off and land.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2025
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SpaceX Dragon to depart from ISS The crew members aboard the station spent time Wednesday, May 21, loading and securing a variety of cargo inside the Dragon spacecraft ahead of its scheduled departure.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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Shot entirely in France, the movie renders its ideas of romantic melancholy and Agathe’s default romantic defeatism in ways that reassure the audience every second.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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Yet just as past bouts of defeatism were misguided, so is today’s triumphalism, which risks dangerously underestimating both the latent and actual power of the only competitor in a century whose GDP has surpassed 70 percent of that of the United States.—
Kurt M. Campbell,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Resignation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resignation. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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