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Resignation

The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission.

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Abdication 76% connected

The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; a…

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Renouncement 76% connected

The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation.

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Renunciation 76% connected

The act of renouncing.

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Despair 76% connected

To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Document 76% connected

That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.

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Reconcile 74% connected

To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to r…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reconcile 74% connected

To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to r…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Renounce 74% connected

To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Renounce 74% connected

To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Surrender 92% connected

To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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