ouster, reappointment, dismissal, departure, appointment, sacking, demotion, reassignment, shakeup, successor, recusal, reshuffle, quits, chairmanship, candidacy, ousting, reinstatement, defection, apology, directorship, termination, candidature, expulsion, outgoing, defenestration, nomination, tenure, adjournment, bishopry, exoneration, arrest, golden handshake, retraction, letter, announcement, appointee, retires, censure, interim, retirement, dissolution, disbarment, revelations, reprimand, decision, embattled, firings, pastorate, principalship, ascension, senatorship, leadership, withdrawal, downfall, postponement, reelection, reorganization, ultimatum, rejection, vacancy, incumbent, abdication, indictments, continuance, deputy, quo warranto, helm, designee, impeachment, disqualification, withdrawl, explanation, revocation, confession, cowardliness, deficiency letter, disbandment, deanship, regret, allegations, reins, mea culpa, managership, insubordination, sorrow, scandal, pink slip, replacement, sadness, election, statement, wage freeze, parting, treasurer, superintendency, benching, dethronement, clarification, severance, cancellation, secretaryship, acquittal, submission, acquiescence, hopelessness, surrender, despair, desperation, renunciation, repose, submissiveness, abandonment, contentment, dejection, serenity, bewilderment, calmness, desertion, forgiveness, humility

abdication, defeatism, renouncement, renunciation, stepping down

abdication, abject, explode, implication, listless, loss, philosophic, philosophical, resigned, resignedly, separation, shrug, stepping down, unhopeful, watergate, watergate scandal

despair, document, papers, speech act, written document

surrender