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Resignation

noun

 

resignation; plural noun: resignations

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  • ​an act of retiring or giving up a position.

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departure, leaving, standing down, stepping down, retirement, giving up, vacating, relinquishment, renunciation, surrender, abdication, quitting,

demission

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a document conveying someone's intention of retiring.

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notice, notice to quit, letter of resignation

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patience, forbearance, tolerance, stoicism, endurance, fortitude

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Opposite:  resistance, patience, forbearance, tolerance, stoicism, endurance, fortitude, sufferance, lack of protest, lack of complaint, acceptance of the inevitable, acquiescence, compliance, passivity

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Scripture Study for Giving Up

Look bellow for Bible references about giving Up:

Galatians 6:9:

"And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap if we do not give up."

Isaiah 40:28-29:

"Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength."

Isaiah 41:10:

"Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

James 1:12

"Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him."

Hebrews 12:2-4 :

"Looking to Jesus, the founder, and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.  Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood."

Isaiah 40:31

"But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint."

Luke 18:1:

"And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart."

2 Peter 3:8-9 :

"But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance."

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