as in to abdicate
to give up (as a position of authority) formally
following the election, the incumbent cabinet members resigned their positions so the president could feel free to pick a new administration
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Jones, who resigned from the Corinth School District on Nov. 21, 2024, was a teacher at Corinth Middle School, the complaint reads.
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Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
Since the establishment of the new advisory body in January, thousands of federal workers have been fired or have taken the Trump administration's buyout offers and resigned voluntarily.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
The Democratic activists group Pass the Torch on Friday called for Schumer to resign as Senate minority leader.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
But by 2019, she would be demoted and later resigned after accusing Trudeau’s staff of pressuring her to cut a sweetheart legal deal for one of Canada’s largest companies amid a bribery scandal.
—Paula Newton, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
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Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
Since the establishment of the new advisory body in January, thousands of federal workers have been fired or have taken the Trump administration's buyout offers and resigned voluntarily.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
The Democratic activists group Pass the Torch on Friday called for Schumer to resign as Senate minority leader.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
But by 2019, she would be demoted and later resigned after accusing Trudeau’s staff of pressuring her to cut a sweetheart legal deal for one of Canada’s largest companies amid a bribery scandal.
—Paula Newton, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
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However, when Edward abdicated, the design was revised and a second batch of mugs was produced for the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.—
Tim McKeough,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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If and when Lorne Michaels abdicates the throne (retires from SNL), who assumes the crown?—
Andy Hoglund,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2025
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Washington relinquished control of the waterway to Panama on December 31, 1999, under a treaty signed in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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Fifty-seven children have been relinquished under under safe haven laws in Connecticut since 2001, according to public testimony to the Committee on Children.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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As the historian Landon Storrs has shown, the Red Scare pressured an entire generation of federal workers into putting their heads down, keeping their mouths shut, and renouncing interest in progressive ideas.—
Beverly Gage,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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But the Polisario could renounce its claim to Dakhla in exchange for other concessions more meaningful to its own projects and ambitions.—
Hannah Rae Armstrong,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Resign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resign. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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