His resignation statement last night was curt and suggested that he did not want to go public on the circumstances of his departure.

He made his feelings known in a lengthy resignation statement sent to shareholders.

His resignation statement hinted at the need to rein in costs.

His solicitors had spent hours locked in talks with the inquiry about the terms for his departure, including the wording of a resignation statement.

The presenter's resignation statement was characteristically droll.

I am writing the morning after the sudden resignation of a three-year staffer.

The energy boss's sudden resignation meant he met a stand-in recruited at the last minute.

His sudden resignation came as the firm said the challenging high street environment means profits are expected to be below initial expectations.

He accuses the board of conspiring to illegally fire him under the veil of a voluntary resignation.

If the local, for any reason lost its charter, even by voluntary resignation, all funds and properties would remain with the local.

And number of voluntary resignations for health reasons has doubled from 2,126 in 2011/12 to 4,234 in 2017/18.

Our government has made it quite clear that voluntary resignations are a counter-revolutionary act and not something to be encouraged.

Voluntary resignations have risen by almost half since 2010.