Synonym: surrender. Similar words: designation, indignation, designated, signature, resign, signal, nation, zonation. Meaning: [‚rezɪg'neɪʃn] 
n. 1. acceptance of despair 2. the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.) 3. a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign.
n. 1. acceptance of despair 2. the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.) 3. a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign. 
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211. True, it had not been a banner year for Republican candidates, thanks to the resignation of President Nixon that summer.
212. He only had to remember the day after Dobson's resignation.
213. A quick and total resignation - the modern way for an honourable man to put a bullet through his brain.
214. Equally, you might use ambiguous words which your superiors treat as a resignation which they will not allow you to retract.
215. How different things are now than in 1992, when President Bush refused to accept the resignation of Adm.
216. He explained his resignation on the grounds that he wanted to spend more time preparing his candidacy for forthcoming presidential elections.
217. Both poets adopt a stance of resignation in struggles with their employers.
218. The failure of the Accord was also a severe blow to Mulroney and prompted opposition calls for his resignation.
219. The latter, contrary to the expressed view of the Chief Whip, was aghast at the prospect of resignation.
220. As Prime Minister he accepted the resignation of his Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1958 rather than agree to modest public expenditure cuts.
221. The first major teen icon whose work is grounded not in anticipation and impatience, but vacillation, resignation and looking back.
222. Like the contagious diseases defeat, Simon's resignation was received as a serious blow by the medical profession.
223. President Yeltsin overruled their objections on his return from holiday, and refused to accept Saburov's resignation in protest.
224. Even before the formal resignation announcements, the jockeying for position within the Shadow Cabinet was well under way last night.
225. Veteran politician Ezer Weizmann announced his resignation from the Knesset on Feb. 4.
226. Mr Parker, who announced his resignation last week, unveiled pre-tax profits of ￡2.3m for the first six months of 1993.
227. Although this agreement averted a government crisis,(Sentence dictionary) Marjanne Sint submitted her resignation as PvdA chair over the issue on Aug. 30.
228. He had filled the post in an acting capacity since the resignation of Vitaly Masol in October.
229. But the council, the majority of which backs Byrd, never accepted the resignation, an apparent violation of state law.
230. It was widely believed that had Mr Dempsey not announced his resignation he would have been forced to step down.
231. Resignation as Solidarity chairman Walesa announced his resignation as leader of Solidarity at a meeting of its national executive on Dec. 12.
232. The resignation of the managing director is certain to arouse new fears about the future of the company.
233. Floyd Flake went to his church Sunday to announce his resignation from Congress so he could devote more time to his congregation.
234. Please accept my resignation. I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member. Groucho Marx 
235. Lou-Ann Preble, sent out a stinging resignation letter, alleging numerous violations of campaign finance laws.
236. His resignation from a job scheduled to end in 2003 followed shortly afterwards.
237. His enemies imply that his resignation is a tacit admission of guilt.
238. He set about drawing up a rescue plan amid a political storm that resulted in the resignation of two cabinet ministers.
239. Meanwhile, government ministers faced calls for their resignation, and Yeltsin acted to ban the more blatant manifestations of opposition activity.
240. Kodiak the Alsatian barked at me for a few minutes, and gave up in resignation.
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