resignation
noun
res·ig·na·tion
ˌre-zig-ˈnā-shən 
2
: the quality or state of being resigned : submissiveness
Examples of resignation in a Sentence
The chairman accepted their resignations.
The manager received resignations from three members of the staff.
We accepted the news with resignation.
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These attacks were part of a broader campaign that helped force the resignation of former Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
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Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of the Times, last year refused to allow the editorial board to endorse in the presidential race, leading to the resignation of the editorials editor, Mariel Garza.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 May 2025
In the Canadian federal election on Monday, the Liberal Party, led by the economist and banker Mark Carney—who had taken over the Prime Ministership in March, following the resignation, after a decade in power, of Justin Trudeau—won about forty-four per cent of the popular vote.
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
Economic hardship and political resignation course through everyday life.
—Salman Masood, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of the Times, last year refused to allow the editorial board to endorse in the presidential race, leading to the resignation of the editorials editor, Mariel Garza.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 May 2025
In the Canadian federal election on Monday, the Liberal Party, led by the economist and banker Mark Carney—who had taken over the Prime Ministership in March, following the resignation, after a decade in power, of Justin Trudeau—won about forty-four per cent of the popular vote.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 1 May 2025
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“Resignation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resignation. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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resignation
noun
res·ig·na·tion
ˌrez-ig-ˈnā-shən
1
a
: an act of resigning
b
: a formal notice of this act
2
: the quality or the feeling of a person who is resigned
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