[ree-sahyn] 
| 1. | to sign again. |
| 2. | to renew or extend a contract. |
[ri-zahyn] | 1. | to give up an office or position, often formally (often fol. by from): to resign from the presidency. |
| 2. | to submit; yield: to resign before the inevitable. |
| 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. |
| re·sign (rĭ-zīn') v. re·signed, re·sign·ing, re·signs v. tr.
To give up one's job or office; quit, especially by formal notification: resign from a board of directors. [Middle English resignen, from Old French resigner, from Latin resignāre, to unseal : re-, re- + signāre, to seal (from signum, mark, seal; see sekw-1 in Indo-European roots).] re·sign'er n. |