Resign

verb

To renounce an honor for an advantage. To renounce an advantage for a greater advantage.

    'Twas rumored Leonard Wood had signed

        A true renunciation

    Of title, rank and every kind

        Of military station --

    Each honorable station.

    By his example fired -- inclined

        To noble emulation,

    The country humbly was resigned

        To Leonard's resignation --
        His Christian resignation.

Politian Greame

—Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary