Appropriate
Appropriate verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.
Resign is an antonym for appropriate.
Resign
Resign verb - To give up (as a position of authority) formally.
Usage example: following the election, the incumbent cabinet members resigned their positions so the president could feel free to pick a new administration
Appropriate is an antonym for resign.
Nearby Words: resignation, resigning
Common collocations
| life | appropriate life | resign life |
Both words in one sentence
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Since Bonnie forgot to file the appropriate paperwork in time, they have to hunt down Emma mom Angela to resign them.
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Resign and Appropriate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/appropriate/resign
Appropriate & Resign. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/appropriate/resign>.
Resign or Appropriate. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/appropriate/resign.
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