resign

Definition of resign in English English dictionary: To give up or hand over (something to someone); to relinquish ownership of
And if the perfection of well-speaking might bring any glorie sutable unto a great personage , Scipio and Lelius would never have resigned the honour of their Comedies unto an Affrican servant .; Alternative spelling of re-sign; To quit (a job or position)
He resigned the crown to follow his heart.; To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable
Here is a man who was resigned to his fate, who was walking to the scaffold and about to die like a coward, that's true, but at least he was about to die without resisting and without recrimination. Do you know what gave him that much strength? Do you know what consoled him? Do you know what resigned him to his fate?.; {v} to give or yield up, yield, submit; Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; said of the wishes or will, or of something valued; also often used reflexively; {f} quit an office or position; relinquish, give up, abdicate; submit to, quietly accept; accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate; leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"; To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; said especially of office or emolument; accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"; To relinquish; to abandon; To affix one's signature to, a second time; to sign again; If you resign from a job or position, you formally announce that you are leaving it. A hospital administrator has resigned over claims he lied to get the job Mr Robb resigned his position last month. = quit; To commit to the care of; to consign; If you resign yourself to an unpleasant situation or fact, you accept it because you realize that you cannot change it. Pat and I resigned ourselves to yet another summer without a boat = reconcile see also resigned; part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"; to quit a job or position; give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary fo the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
resign oneself: To give up, stop resisting and come to accept
He resigned himself to his fate and began the long walk home to face his wife.
resign yourself to something: (deyim) Make yourself accept something that you do not like because you cannot change it: [+ ing form of verb]
He resigned himself to living alone.
resign a claim: give up a claim on
resign all hope: lose all hope, despair
resign from government: give up a position in government
resign in protest: quit one's position out of protest
resign oneself: submit without complaint, not fight against, accept quietly
resignation: state of uncomplaining, utter frustration
resignation: the act of resigning
resigned: Simple past tense and past participle of resign
resignation: {n} the act of resigning, submission
Resignation: re sign
resignation: a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign; "he submitted his resignation as of next month" the act of giving up a claim or office or possession etc
resignation: {i} act of quitting a position; letter stating that one quits a position; relinquishment, abdication, act of giving up; submission, quiet acceptance
resignation: a written or oral declaration that one resigns
resignation: the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc )
resignation: the act of giving up a claim or office or possession etc
resignation: a student’s voluntary termination of enrollment in all classes carried out in accordance with University procedures
resignation: The voluntary separation of an employee
resignation: Resignation is the acceptance of an unpleasant situation or fact because you realize that you cannot change it. He sighed with profound resignation
resignation: acceptance of despair
resignation: The official process by which a student withdraws from all courses during a university semester or summer term The withdrawal is usually initiated by the student, but may be done in certain instances by university personnel See also "Drop "
resignation: A request by an employee to terminate his/her employment with the University
resignation: a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign; "he submitted his resignation as of next month"
resignation: a student's voluntary termination of enrollment in all classes carried out in accordance with University procedures
resignation: The voluntary separation from service at the request of the employee
resignation: A voluntary act taken by a staff employee to end her or his employment with the University
resignation: Your resignation is a formal statement of your intention to leave a job or position. Mr Morgan has offered his resignation and it has been accepted. his letter of resignation
resignation: is an employee's voluntary termination of employment, other than at the end of a specified period Resignation must be accepted by the employer in order to be effective (démission)
resignation: The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as, resignation to the will and providence of God
resignation: A personnel action, initiated by the employee to the supervisor, ending their employment with the Federal Government A minimum of two weeks notice is desired, except in those few instances where a severe hardship would be imposed Should it become necessary for an employee to resign while off the job, a resignation should be submitted to the supervisor by letter, if possible
resignation: The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission
resignations: plural of resignation
resigned: Characterized by resignation or acceptance
resigned: showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender"
resigned: If you are resigned to an unpleasant situation or fact, you accept it without complaining because you realize that you cannot change it. He is resigned to the noise and mess
resigned: {s} submissive, acquiescent, yielding
resigned: past of resign
resigned: (followed by `to') having come to accept; "resigned to his fate"
resigned: Submissive; yielding; not disposed to resist or murmur
resigned: vice
resignedly: With resignation and acceptance; in a resigned manner
resignedly: in a hopeless resigned manner; "she shrugged her shoulders abjectly"
resignedly: With submission
resignedly: with resignation and acceptance; in a resigned manner; "resignedly, I telegraphed back that it was all right with me if he insisted"
resignedly: in a resigned manner, acquiescently, yieldingly, submissively
resignedly: with resignation and acceptance; in a resigned manner; "resignedly, I telegraphed back that it was all right with me if he insisted
resigner: One who resigns
resigner: {i} one who quits a position; one who relinquishes, abdicator; one who submits, one who acquiesces
resigning: present participle of resign
resigns: third-person singular of resign

resign

Hyphenation

re·sign

Turkish pronunciation

risayn

Synonyms

quit, abandon, abdicate, bail out, bow out, capitulate, cease work, cede, demit, divorce oneself from, drop, drop out, end service, fold, forgo

Antonyms

agree, take on

Pronunciation

/rēˈsīn/ /riːˈsaɪn/

Etymology

() From Anglo-Norman reisgner, Middle French resigner, and its source, Latin resignāre (“to unseal, annul, assign, resign”), from re- + signāre (“to seal, stamp”).