Synonyms for resignation
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Noun
1. Abdication
abdication, surrender, abandonment, acquiescence, submission, renunciation, relinquishment, submissiveness, forbearance, long-suffering, cession, patience, compliance
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Definitions
- n. 1
The act of resigning.
Jane tendered her resignation to the board of directors, but they refused.
Related words
- Phrases
- resignation syndrome
Forms
- Plural
- resignations → abdications, surrenders, abandonments, acquiescences…
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Submission is ordinarily and resignation always applied to matters of great moment, while patience may apply to slight worries and annoyances.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- surrender Sami was forced by the police to surrender his dog.
- abandonment Why does this fear of abandonment exist in my life?
- abdication The monarch's abdication was a shock to the nation.
- acquiescence A lack of response is tantamount to acquiescence.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| resignation | falling | |
| surrender | steady | |
| abandonment | falling | |
| abdication | falling | |
| acquiescence | steady | |
| resignment | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- cession
- 8 letters
- patience2
- 9 letters
- surrender3
- 10 letters
- compliance3, submission3, abdication4, resignment
- 11 letters
- abandonment4, forbearance3
- 12 letters
- renunciation5, acquiescence4
- 14 letters
- relinquishment, submissiveness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (patience2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- démission
- Italiano
- abdicazione
- Español
- renuncia
- Deutsch
- Kündigung