Resigners

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Persons who choose to leave their employment or duties voluntarily
2. Individuals who decide to officially vacate their positions or roles within an organization
3. Individuals who voluntarily quit their jobs or positions

Etymology: "Resigners" is simply the plural of "resigner," a person who resigns from a job. The word is built from "resign" plus the agent suffix "-er," which turns a verb into a noun for the one doing the action, as in "player" or "driver." The verb "resign" itself came into English from Old French "resigner," meaning to give back or hand over, from Latin "resignare," to unseal or cancel, from "re-" (back) and "signare" (to sign or mark with a seal). The original idea was undoing a seal, so a resignation literally returned or cancelled a grant of office. The noun "resigner" follows the same path, with the suffix added once English had the verb.

Synonyms: quitters, departures, abandoners, leavers, withdrawers

Antonyms: stayers, continuers, retainers, perseverers, maintainers