resigners
People stepping down
Resigners are people who resign—those who voluntarily leave a position, job, or office.
The term appears most often in discussions of workplace trends or political departures: The Great Resignation saw millions of resigners leaving their jobs in 2021.
Less commonly, resigners may be those who resign themselves to something, accepting it with passive acquiescence.
People who stop persisting
- leaversPeople who depart
- departuresActs of going away
- turnoverSales volume or attrition
- attritionGradual reduction through loss
vacancies · succession · notice · exit · workforce · retirement · restructuring · layoffs
Those who renounce authority
- renouncersThose who formally reject
- defectorsThose abandoning allegiance
- desertersThose who abandon service
- withdrawersThose who take back
apostates · backsliders · capitulators · yielders · surrenderers · abandoners · forsakers · renegers
Leave-taking expression
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
- exitWay to leave
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- transitionChange from one state
relocation · sendoff · valediction · parting · handoff
State of being displeased
- disillusionmentBitter loss of faith
- disgruntlementSulky dissatisfaction with circumstances
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
disaffection · alienation · grievance · resentment · disenchantment · demoralization · unhappiness · displeasure
quitters
People who stop persisting
- leaversPeople who depart
- departuresActs of going away
- turnoverSales volume or attrition
attrition · vacancies · succession · notice · exit · workforce · retirement · restructuring · layoffs · downsizing
abdicators
Those who renounce authority
- renouncersThose who formally reject
- defectorsThose abandoning allegiance
- desertersThose who abandon service
withdrawers · apostates · backsliders · capitulators · yielders · surrenderers · abandoners · forsakers · renegers · dropouts
farewell
Leave-taking expression
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
- exitWay to leave
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
transition · relocation · sendoff · valediction · parting · handoff
dissatisfaction
State of being displeased
- disillusionmentBitter loss of faith
- disgruntlementSulky dissatisfaction with circumstances
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
burnout · disaffection · alienation · grievance · resentment · disenchantment · demoralization · unhappiness · displeasure · bitterness
resignersjoiners
Those who become members
appointees · newcomers · new arrivals · inductees · recruits