Resignation
Resignation
#757. Resignation. -- N. resignation, retirement, abdication,
renunciation, abjuration; abandonment, relinquishment.
- V. resign; give up, throw up; lay down, throw up the cards, wash one's
hands of, abjure, renounce, forego, disclaim, retract; deny &c. 536.
- abrogate &c. 756; desert &c. (relinquish) 624; get rid of &c. 782.
- abdicate; vacate, vacate one's seat; accept the stewardship of the
Chiltern Hundreds; retire; tender one's resignation.
- Adj. abdicant[obs].
- Phr. "Othello's occupation's gone" [Othello].