| verb | leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily “She vacated the position when she got pregnant” |
| verb | give up or retire from a position “The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month” |
| verb | part with a possession or right “I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest” |
| verb | accept as inevitable “He resigned himself to his fate” |
| vacant | adjective | without an occupant or incumbent |
| resignation | noun | the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.) |
| release | noun | a formal written statement of relinquishment |
| relinquishment | noun | a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc. |
| relinquishing | noun | the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc. |