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resign
[ ri-zahyn ]
verb (used without object)
- to give up an office or position, often formally (often followed by from ):
to resign from the presidency.
Synonyms: withdraw
- to submit; yield:
to resign before the inevitable.
verb (used with object)
- to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- to relinquish (a right, claim, agreement, etc.).
- to give or sign over, as to the control or care of another:
She resigned her child to an adoption agency.
- to submit (oneself, one's mind, etc.) without resistance.
resign
/ rɪˈzaɪn /
verb
- whenintr, often foll by from to give up tenure of (a job, office, etc)
- tr to reconcile (oneself) to; yield
to resign oneself to death
- tr to give up (a right, claim, etc); relinquish
he resigned his claim to the throne
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Derived Forms
- reˈsigner, noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of resign1
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Example Sentences
There is no requirement for a member of Congress to resign after pleading guilty to a felony.
The penalty is only rarely imposed, as members often resign before they can be voted out of Congress.
He was eventually allowed to leave, but he was forced to resign as ambassador and now lives in Washington, effectively in exile.
Hanley was forced to come out of the closet and resign all at once.
A call from the stage for President Peña Nieto to resign drew the loudest applause.
Of course, I shall not resign my present position until I am sure that I am no longer a clerk, but a musician.
I asked if any of the Trustees or the Faculty wished me to resign and was assured of the contrary.
Resign yourselves to the order of destiny, which decrees that you, like all other beings, should not endure forever.
As for me, I am going to resign my fellowship, and to make myself useful at Lillyston Court.
I had nothing now to do but resign myself to all the horrors of long captivity, and to the sentence of death.
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