resignation

English Thesaurus

1. a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	document, papers, written document,
definition	:	writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	abdication, stepping down,
definition	:	the act of abdicating (noun.communication)

2. the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.) (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	speech act,
definition	:	the use of language to perform some act (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	abdication, stepping down,
definition	:	a formal resignation and renunciation of powers (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	renouncement, renunciation,
definition	:	an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned (noun.communication)

3. acceptance of despair (noun.feeling)

hypernym	:	despair,
definition	:	the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well (noun.feeling)

hyponym	:	defeatism,
definition	:	acceptance of the inevitability of defeat (noun.feeling)

4. a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign (noun.communication)

derivation	:	leave office, quit, resign, step down,
definition	:	give up or retire from a position (verb.social)

5. the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.) (noun.communication)

derivation	:	give up, renounce, resign, vacate,
definition	:	leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily (verb.social)

derivation	:	leave office, quit, resign, step down,
definition	:	give up or retire from a position (verb.social)

6. acceptance of despair (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	reconcile, resign, submit,
definition	:	accept as inevitable (verb.cognition)

7. a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign (noun.communication)

derivation	:	leave office, quit, resign, step down,
definition	:	give up or retire from a position (verb.social)

8. the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.) (noun.communication)

derivation	:	give up, renounce, resign, vacate,
definition	:	leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily (verb.social)

derivation	:	leave office, quit, resign, step down,
definition	:	give up or retire from a position (verb.social)

9. acceptance of despair (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	reconcile, resign, submit,
definition	:	accept as inevitable (verb.cognition)