resignation

/ˌrez·ɪgˈneɪ·ʃən/ n [C/U] (LEAVING POSITION)

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› the act of leaving a job or position and making a statement that you are doing this: [U] a letter of resignation [C] Protesters took to the streets in massive numbers to demand the president's resignation.

(Definition of resignation n (LEAVING POSITION) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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residual adj
residue n
resign v
resign yourself to something phrasal verb
resignation n ACCEPTING DIFFICULTY
resignation n LEAVING POSITION
resigned adj
resilient adj
resin n
resist v
resistance n

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