ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

disclaim &c (deny) 536; ignore, repudiate; recant &c 607; divest oneself, break off.
countermand, counter order; do away with; sweep away, brush away; throw
overboard, throw to the dogs; scatter to the winds, cast behind.
dismiss, discard; cast off, turn off, cast out, cast adrift, cast out of doors, cast aside,
cast away; send off, send away, send packing, send about one's business; discharge, get
rid of &c (eject) 297; bounce [U.S.]; fire [Slang], fire out [Slang]; sack [Slang].
cashier; break; oust; unseat, unsaddle; unthrone † , dethrone, disenthrone † ; depose,
uncrown † ; unfrock, strike off the roll; disbar, disbench † .
be abrogated &c; receive its quietus; walk the plank.
Adj. abrogated &c v.; functus officio [Lat.].
Int. get along with you!, begone!, go about your business!, away with!,
757. Resignation -- N. resignation, retirement, abdication, renunciation, abjuration;
abandonment, relinquishment.
V. resign; give up, throw up; lay down, throw up the cards, wash one's hands of, abjure,
renounce, forego, disclaim, retract; deny &c 536.
abrogate &c 756; desert &c (relinquish) 624; get rid of &c 782.
abdicate; vacate, vacate one's seat; accept the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds;
retire; tender one's resignation.
Adj. abdicant † .
Phr. Othello's occupation's gone [Othello].
758. Consignee -- N. consignee, trustee, nominee, committee.
agent, delegate; commissary, commissioner; emissary, envoy, commissionaire [Fr.];
messenger &c 534.
diplomatist, diplomat, diplomate, corps diplomatique [Fr.], embassy; ambassador,
embassador † ; representative, resident, consul, legate, nuncio, internuncio † , charge
d'affaires [Fr.], attache.
vicegerent &c (deputy) 759; plenipotentiary.
functionary, placeman † , curator; treasurer &c 801; factor, bailiff, clerk, secretary,
attorney, advocate, solicitor, proctor, broker, underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer,
one's man of business; factotum &c (director) 694; caretaker; dalal † , dubash † , garnishee,
gomashta † .
negotiator, go-between; middleman; under agent, employe; servant &c 746; referee,
arbitrator &c (judge) 967.
traveler, bagman, commis-voyageur [Fr.], touter † , commercial traveler, drummer
[U.S.], traveling man.
newspaper correspondent, own correspondent, special correspondent.
759. Deputy -- N. deputy, substitute, vice, proxy, locum tenens, badli † , delegate,
representative, next friend, surrogate, secondary.
regent, viceregent † , vizier, minister, vicar; premier &c (director) 694; chancellor,
prefect, provost, warden, lieutenant, archon, consul, proconsul; viceroy &c (governor)
745; commissioner &c 758; Tsung-li Yamen, Wai Wu Pu; plenipotentiary, alter ego.
team, eight, eleven; champion.