resignation

act of giving up or quitting an office or position
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resignation

Summary

resignation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (578 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • resignation is a type of termination of employment[2].
  • resignation is a type of end cause[3].
  • resignation's Commons category is recorded as Resignation of public officials[4].
  • resignation's said to be the same as is recorded as graduation[5].
  • resignation's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • resignation's main Wikidata property is recorded as P9667[7].
  • resignation's different from is recorded as resignation[8].
  • resignation's different from is recorded as dismissal[9].
  • resignation's different from is recorded as retirement[10].
  • resignation's different from is recorded as renunciation[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include termination of employment[2] and end cause[3].

Why It Matters

resignation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (578 views/month).[1] resignation has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] resignation is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_resignation_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{resignation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/resignation}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 15h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as graduation
    Subclass of termination of employment, end cause
    Different from resignation, dismissal, retirement +1
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 2698964
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 38418, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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