The phrase "surprise resignation" refers to when someone unexpectedly chooses to leave their job or position without prior notice or expectation. Full definition
Eight DLA Piper partners have put their names forward to compete for the senior partner role at the firm, following last year's surprise resignation of former postholder Juan Picon. (legalweek.com)
Still, Israeli newspaper Haaretz called Fischer the country's «superhero» saying the central banker's surprise resignation earlier this year left the country shaken by a collective «Separation Anxiety Disorder.» (canadianbusiness.com)
(CNN)-- When my colleague and friend, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, director of the Holy See Press Office, told me to come quickly to Rome to assist him, I understood that help was needed in dealing with a deluge of media requests in the aftermath of the pope's surprise resignation announcement on February 11. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)