Nearby Words
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1.
to sign again.
2.
to renew or extend a contract.
Origin:
1795–1805
1795–1805
Can be confused: re-sign, resign.
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Example Sentences
- Papandreou agreed to resign once the details were completed.
- Iversen spent the rest of the year planning his next move and preparing to resign.
- The prime minister fended off opposition demands that he should resign.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
verb (used without object)
1.
to give up an office or position, often formally (often followed by from): to resign from the presidency.
2.
to submit; yield: to resign before the inevitable.
verb (used with object)
3.
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
4.
to relinquish (a right, claim, agreement, etc.).
5.
to give or sign over, as to the control or care of another: She resigned her child to an adoption agency.
6.
to submit (oneself, one's mind, etc.) without resistance.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
resign
late 14c., from O.Fr. resigner, from L. resignare "to check off, cancel, give up," from re- "opposite" + signare "to make an entry in an account book," lit. "to mark" (see sign). The sense is of making an entry (signum) "opposite" -- on the credit side -- balancing the former
EXPANDmark and thus canceling the claim it represents. The meaning of "give up a position" is first recorded late 14c. Sense of "to give (oneself) up to some emotion or situation" is from 1718.
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