English Dictionary
Definition of “resign”
resign (rɪˈzaɪn
)
Definitions
verb
- when intr, 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
Alternative Forms
reˈsigner noun Word Origin
C14: from Old French resigner , from Latin resignāre to unseal, invalidate, destroy, from re- + signāre to seal; see sign
Synonyms
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give up,
abandon,
yield,
hand over,
surrender,
turn over,
relinquish,
renounce,
forsake,
cede,
forgo,
re-sign (riːˈsaɪn)
Definitions
verb
- to sign (a document, etc) again
Translations
- British English:
resign
If you resign from a job or position, you formally announce that you are leaving it.He resigned as chairman of the council.rɪˈzaɪn VERB He resigned as chairman of the council.
- Spanish:
dimitir
v
- French:
démissionner
vi
- German: zurücktreten von v
- Chinese: 辞职 v
- Arabic: يَسْتَقيلُ v
- Portuguese: demitir-se v
- Russian: уходить в отставку v
- Croatian: dati ostavku v
- Czech: rezignovat v
- Danish: træde tilbage v
- Dutch: berusten in v
- Finnish: erota v
- Greek: παραιτούμαι v
- Italian: dimettersi v
- Japanese: 辞職する v
- Korean: 사임하다 v
- Norwegian: trekke seg v
- Polish: zrzec się v zrzekać się
- Brazilian Portuguese: resignar-se v
- European Spanish:
dimitir
v
- Swedish: avgå v
- Thai: ลาออก v
- Turkish: istifa etmek v
- Vietnamese: từ chức v
Usage examples
Perhaps she should just, like James, resign herself to the fact that Max had suffered an accidental death.
Appiganesi, Lisa, Dreams of Innocence (1994)Subsequently, a riot in Delhi -- which he later discovered was engineered -- led him to resign.
India Today (1996)Mr Teahon insists to reporters he has "done nothing wrong" and will not resign.
Irish Times (2002)Mr Sixsmith said:'If you resign from your job it is probably something you would remember doing.
Glasgow Herald (2002)The College of Surgeons censured him, and he had to resign from the College of Physicians.
Jim Leavesley, George Biro, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)
