Possible Clues:

• More certain about right outcome for resignation
• Cede most of county, no doubt at first with hesitation
• Give up on French -- translate
• Certain to cut bottom -- put on plaster in resignation
• Submit to European rule after university clergyman's in post
• Getting more confident about split, give up
• Release cut including return of Queen, right?
• Cede
• Concede part concealing sin retrospectively
• Submit (to an opponent)