RESIGNING (FROM) Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

resigning (from)

verb

present participle of resign (from)

as in leaving

to give up (a job or office) resigned from the company after the news broke that he had been falsifying financial statements for years

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However, the largest drop in June occurred among prime-age workers, leaving several economists puzzled and surprised.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
First, the power goes out, leaving Bret wandering the halls as lights flicker around him.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026

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Craig, now a devoted granddad with a dry sense of humor, began working alongside his father at thirteen, quitting school even though teachers warned him that house moving was a dying trade.

— Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
Hep Spyder blamed Dwight for Buffo Carducci’s quitting on him back when Dwight was Hep’s tent boss.

— Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026

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