resignation

Roget-categorie 757

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.6. General intersocial volition
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#757. Resignation

zelfstandig naamwoord

resignation, retirement, abdication, renunciation, abjuration — abandonment, relinquishment.

werkwoord

resign — give up, throw up — lay down, throw up the cards, wash one's hands of, abjure, renounce, forego, disclaim, retract — deny etc. 536.
abrogate etc. 756 — desert etc. (relinquish) 624 — get rid of etc. 782.
abdicate — vacate, vacate one's seat — accept the stewardship of the Chiltern accept the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds — retire — tender one's resignation.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

abdicant^†.

uitdrukking

Othello's occupation's gone" [Othello].

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