V. WORDS RELATING TO THE VOLUNTARY POWERS; INTERSOCIAL VOLITION
I. GENERAL INTERSOCIAL VOLITION
Resignation.
[Nouns] resignation, retirement, abdication, renunciation, abjuration; abandonment, relinquishment.
[Verbs] resign; give up, throw up; lay down, throw up the cards, wash one's hands of, abjure, renounce, forego, disclaim, retract; deny [more].
abrogate [more]; desert (relinquish) [more]; get rid of [more].
abdicate; vacate, vacate one's seat; accept the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds; retire; tender one's resignation; bail out.
