Chelsea initially rejected his resignation, demanding compensation worth two years of Clarke's salary.

It was rumored that the Cabildo might reject Cisneros' resignation.

The Cabildo met at 9 am and rejected Cisneros' resignation.

Mubarak rejected Hosny's resignation, in response to the pleas of some 400 high-profile intellectuals.

The board rejected his resignation, and he stayed to lead a province-wide protest against the proposed legislation.

On 13 November, the local Conservative Association rejected Hastilow's resignation and referred the matter to the national party.

This was insufficient for the executive, who rejected his resignation and formally expelled him from the party on 22 August.

The next day, to its credit, parliament overwhelmingly rejected Mr Kuchma's resignation.

The next day, the club announced that it had rejected Sonetti's resignation.

The party's shaken governing body promptly and unanimously rejected her resignation.