20
resignation(noun, keep, withdrawal, abandonment, renunciation)
18
abandonment(noun, keep, notice, exit, rejection)
17
surrender(noun, keep, notice, yielding, rejection)
16
relinquishment(noun, keep, yielding, exit, rejection)
14
renunciation(noun, keep, notice, rejection, sacrifice)
10
waiver(noun, keep, surrender, yielding, renunciation)
10
retirement(noun, notice, surrender, departure, withdrawal)
9
rejection(noun, abandonment, repudiation, renunciation, resignation)
8
demission(noun, keep, surrender, rebuff, yielding)
8
disavowal(noun, surrender, yielding, renunciation, renouncement)
8
renouncement(noun, renunciation, resignation, disclaimer, riddance)
8
withdrawal(noun, break, notice, freedom, departure)
7
abjuration(noun, surrender, rebuff, yielding, rejection)
6
denial(noun, renunciation, renouncement, disclaimer)
6
stepping down(noun, verb, expression, phrasal verb, renunciation)
5
departure(break, notice, surrender, escape, freedom)
5
desertion(noun, break, freedom, departure, rejection)
4
capitulation(noun, submission, delivery, renunciation, relinquishment)
4
defection(noun, abandonment, renunciation, relinquishment)
4
disclaimer(noun, surrender, yielding, rejection, drawing)
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