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re·sign  (r-zn)

v. re·signed, re·sign·ing, re·signs

v.tr.

1. To submit (oneself) passively; accept as inevitable: I resigned myself to a long wait in line.

2. To give up (a position, for example), especially by formal notification.

3. To relinquish (a privilege, right, or claim). See Synonyms at relinquish.

v.intr.

To give up one's job or office; quit, especially by formal notification: resign from a board of directors.

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[Middle English resignen, from Old French resigner, from Latin resignre, to unseal : re-, re- + signre, to seal (from signum, mark, seal; see sek^w-¹ in Indo-European roots).]

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re·signer n.

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resign

Verb

1. to give up office or a job

2. to accept (an unpleasant fact): he resigned himself to the inevitable

3. to give up (a right or claim) [Latin resignare to unseal, destroy]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	resign - leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" vacate, renounce, give up abdicate, renounce - give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee" leave office, step down, quit, resign - give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
	2.	resign - give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" leave office, step down, quit resign, vacate, renounce, give up - leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" retire - go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68" top out - give up one's career just as one becomes very successful; "The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out" pull up stakes, depart, leave - remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes" fall - lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"
	3.	resign - part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" relinquish, give up, release, free hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give - place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" derequisition - release from government control sacrifice, give - endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"
	4.	resign - accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate" reconcile, submit accept - consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"

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resign

verb 1. quit, leave, step down (informal) vacate, abdicate, call it a day or night, give or hand in your notice

verb 2. give up, abandon, yield, hand over, surrender, turn over, relinquish, renounce, forsake, cede, forgo

resign yourself to something accept, reconcile yourself to, succumb to, submit to, bow to, give in to, yield to, acquiesce to

Translations

resign [rɪˈzaɪn] vt (gen) → renunciar a

vi to resign (from) → dimitir (de), renunciar (a);

to resign o.s. to (= endure) → resignarse a

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resign [rɪˈzaɪn] vt [+ one's post] → se démettre de

vi → démissionner;

to resign o.s. to (= endure) → se résigner à

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resign [rɪˈzaɪn] vt (one's post) → zurücktreten von

vi (from post) → zurücktreten;

to resign o.s. to (situation etc) → sich abfinden mit

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resign [rɪˈzaɪn] vt [+ one's post] → dimettersi da

vi to resign (from) → dimettersi (da), dare le dimissioni (da);

to resign o.s. to → rassegnarsi a