Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

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†. Phr. Othello's occupation's gone [Othello].