Resignation
noun
The act of giving up a job or position by telling your employer that you are leaving.
She handed in her resignation yesterday.
noun
The feeling of accepting something that you do not like because you cannot change it.
He showed a sense of tired resignation after the failure of his efforts.
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Disapproving
noun
A written statement saying that one is giving up a job or something.
He sent an official letter of resignation to the board.
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Formal
noun
In chess, a player's act of quitting the game because they know they can no longer win.
His resignation was forced when they trapped his king.
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Specific
noun
The act of giving up a job or position by telling your employer that you are leaving.
She handed in her resignation yesterday.
noun
The feeling of accepting something that you do not like because you cannot change it.
He showed a sense of tired resignation after the failure of his efforts.
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A written statement saying that one is giving up a job or something.
He sent an official letter of resignation to the board.
Usage tips
Formal
noun
In chess, a player's act of quitting the game because they know they can no longer win.
His resignation was forced when they trapped his king.
Usage tips
Specific
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Voluntary Exit
Resignation implies you chose to leave, not fired or laid off.
After considering his options, he submitted his resignation.
Pro Tip 2/2Professional Tone
Use a formal tone when resigning to maintain professionalism.
She wrote a cordial letter expressing her regret as she offered her resignation.
Pro Tip 1/2Voluntary Exit
Resignation implies you chose to leave, not fired or laid off.
After considering his options, he submitted his resignation.
Pro Tip 2/2Professional Tone
Use a formal tone when resigning to maintain professionalism.
She wrote a cordial letter expressing her regret as she offered her resignation.
Pro Tip 1/2Voluntary Exit
Resignation implies you chose to leave, not fired or laid off.
After considering his options, he submitted his resignation.
Pro Tip 2/2Professional Tone
Use a formal tone when resigning to maintain professionalism.
She wrote a cordial letter expressing her regret as she offered her resignation.
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like conflict avoidance, helplessness and resignation, are growing. This means that our conscious and unconscious mental processes are holding us back from identifying the causes of the problem for what they are, working on solutions and fostering our own psychological resilience,
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He asked me to change it, I said no, so he put another journalist on the story to write what I was supposed to say. I did not want to be a censored journalist. I don't know where I found the strength, but I wrote my letter of resignation.
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the army ousted Egypt's first democratically elected president, after three days of popular protest that demanded his resignation. That day I made a very hard decision. I decided to go silent, completely silent. It was a moment of defeat.
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we might well be stuck with this and we might also face um other emerging diseases that we don't even begin to suspect right now and i think that you know rather than resignation the answer is to start spending what we should have been
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through the wonders and confinements of childhood; the emancipations and frustrations of adolescence; the empowerments and millstones of adulthood; the recognitions and resignations of old age. There are patterns to life,
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and faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon a US Supreme Court justice. This job is for life, barring resignation, retirement, or removal from the court by impeachment.
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and have never been more productive. Resignations and sick days are down, revenue has grown and customer satisfaction scores are outstanding. Healthwise employees are spending their Fridays off
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Lesley Hazleton: The...
commit myself, that is, to the idea of it, and I do this precisely because of the temptation to throw up my hands in resignation and retreat into silence. Because despair is self-fulfilling.
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Sanga Moses: Using Waste...
I'm busy all the time. I can't find time to research anything. Let me just go and see if I can find a solution." Actually my boss, when he was signing my resignation letter, said,
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The way we think about...
then you rise up in revolt. Whether your response to poverty is resignation or revolution, depends on how you understand the sources of your poverty. This is the role that ideas play in shaping us as human beings, and this is why idea technology may be the most profoundly important technology
Video examples
How climate change...
like conflict avoidance, helplessness and resignation, are growing. This means that our conscious and unconscious mental processes are holding us back from identifying the causes of the problem for what they are, working on solutions and fostering our own psychological resilience,
Video examples
Jorge Ramos: Why...
He asked me to change it, I said no, so he put another journalist on the story to write what I was supposed to say. I did not want to be a censored journalist. I don't know where I found the strength, but I wrote my letter of resignation.
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Let's design social...
the army ousted Egypt's first democratically elected president, after three days of popular protest that demanded his resignation. That day I made a very hard decision. I decided to go silent, completely silent. It was a moment of defeat.
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Stopping Pandemics, An...
we might well be stuck with this and we might also face um other emerging diseases that we don't even begin to suspect right now and i think that you know rather than resignation the answer is to start spending what we should have been
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Wisdom from great...
through the wonders and confinements of childhood; the emancipations and frustrations of adolescence; the empowerments and millstones of adulthood; the recognitions and resignations of old age. There are patterns to life,
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How do US Supreme Court...
and faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon a US Supreme Court justice. This job is for life, barring resignation, retirement, or removal from the court by impeachment.
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The Case for a 4-Day...
and have never been more productive. Resignations and sick days are down, revenue has grown and customer satisfaction scores are outstanding. Healthwise employees are spending their Fridays off
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Lesley Hazleton: The...
commit myself, that is, to the idea of it, and I do this precisely because of the temptation to throw up my hands in resignation and retreat into silence. Because despair is self-fulfilling.
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Sanga Moses: Using Waste...
I'm busy all the time. I can't find time to research anything. Let me just go and see if I can find a solution." Actually my boss, when he was signing my resignation letter, said,
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Gavyn Davies
British Businessman
There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.
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Murray Rothbard
American Economist
In order to continue in office, any government (not simply a 'democratic' government) must have the support of the majority of its subjects. This support, it must be noted, need not be active enthusiasm; it may well be passive resignation as if to an inevitable law of nature.
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William Alexander
Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring.
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Anthony Weiner
American Politician
I am announcing my resignation from Congress so my colleagues can get back to work, my neighbors can choose a new representative and most importantly that my wife and I can continue to heal from the damage I have caused.
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Rick Tumlinson
American Businessman
When good people do bad things, it is sad, but when they reach the point where one can predict that they will do nothing but bad things, a deeper kind of sadness sets in, almost at the level of resignation.
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Stanley A. McChrystal
American Footballer
I said if you want me to go back to Afghanistan and work, I'm happy to do that. If you think accepting my resignation is best for the cause and for the nation, then I have no complaint with that.
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Debbie Ford
American Author
Self-acknowledgment boosts your emotional and spiritual immunity, giving you the strength you need to release the past and rise above fear, doubt or resignation.
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Pericles
Greek Statesman
It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one's enemies with courage.
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Masha Gessen
Russian Journalist
Resignation was the defining condition of Soviet life.
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Alexandre Vinet
Swiss Critic
Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow.
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Gavyn Davies
British Businessman
There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.
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Murray Rothbard
American Economist
In order to continue in office, any government (not simply a 'democratic' government) must have the support of the majority of its subjects. This support, it must be noted, need not be active enthusiasm; it may well be passive resignation as if to an inevitable law of nature.
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William Alexander
Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring.
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Anthony Weiner
American Politician
I am announcing my resignation from Congress so my colleagues can get back to work, my neighbors can choose a new representative and most importantly that my wife and I can continue to heal from the damage I have caused.
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Rick Tumlinson
American Businessman
When good people do bad things, it is sad, but when they reach the point where one can predict that they will do nothing but bad things, a deeper kind of sadness sets in, almost at the level of resignation.
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Stanley A. McChrystal
American Footballer
I said if you want me to go back to Afghanistan and work, I'm happy to do that. If you think accepting my resignation is best for the cause and for the nation, then I have no complaint with that.
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Debbie Ford
American Author
Self-acknowledgment boosts your emotional and spiritual immunity, giving you the strength you need to release the past and rise above fear, doubt or resignation.
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Pericles
Greek Statesman
It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one's enemies with courage.
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Masha Gessen
Russian Journalist
Resignation was the defining condition of Soviet life.
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Alexandre Vinet
Swiss Critic
Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow.
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