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resign
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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.

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

re·signer n.

resign [rɪˈzaɪn]
vb
1. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) (when intr, often foll by from) to give up tenure of (a job, office, etc.)
2. (tr) to reconcile (oneself) to; yield to resign oneself to death
3. (tr) to give up (a right, claim, etc.); relinquish he resigned his claim to the throne
[from Old French resigner, from Latin resignāre to unseal, invalidate, destroy, from re- + signāre to seal; see sign]
resigner  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.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"
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"
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"
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"
accept - consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"

resign
verb
1. quit, leave, step down (informal), stand down, vacate, abdicate, call it a day or night, give or hand in your notice He has resigned after only ten weeks in office.
2. give up, abandon, yield, hand over, surrender, turn over, relinquish, renounce, forsake, cede, forgo He has resigned his seat in parliament.
resign yourself to something accept, reconcile yourself to, succumb to, submit to, bow to, give in to, yield to, acquiesce to I simply resigned myself to staying indoors.
Translations
resign [rɪˈzaɪn]
A. VT [+ office, post] → dimitir de, renunciar a; [+ claim, task] → renunciar a
to resign a task to othersceder un cometido a otros
when he resigned the leadershipcuando dimitió de or renunció a la jefatura
to resign o.s. to (doing) sthresignarse a(hacer)algo
I resigned myself to never seeing her againme resigné a no volverla a ver nunca más
B. VI
1.dimitir, renunciar
to resign in favour of sbrenunciar en favor de algn
2. (Chess) → abandonar

resign [rɪˈzaɪn]
vt
[+ one's post, position] → démissionner de
to resign o.s. to sth → se résigner à qch
to resign o.s. to doing sth → se résigner à faire qch
vidémissionner
to resign as sth
He resigned as chairman → Il a démissionné de ses fonctions de président.
to resign from sth → démissionner de qch
to resign from office [minister] → démissionner de ses fonctions

resign
vt
(= give up) office, postzurücktreten von, abgeben; claim, rightsaufgeben, verzichten auf (+acc); to resign one’s commission (Mil) → seinen Abschied nehmen
to resign oneself to somethingsich mit etw abfinden; to resign oneself to doing somethingsich damit abfinden, etw zu tun ? also resigned
vi (from public appointment, committee) → zurücktreten; (employee)kündigen; (civil servant, clergyman)sein Amt niederlegen; (teacher)aus dem Dienst ausscheiden; to resign from officesein Amt niederlegen; he resigned from (his job with) “The Times”er hat (seine Stelle) bei der „Times“ gekündigt; the Prime Minister was forced to resignder Premierminister wurde zum Rücktritt gezwungen; to resign to the inevitablesich in das Unvermeidliche fügen

resign [rɪˈzaɪn]
1. vt (office, leadership) → lasciare (frm) (claim) → rinunciare a
to resign one's post → dimettersi
to resign one's commission (Mil) → rassegnare le dimissioni
to resign o.s. to (doing) sth → rassegnarsi a (fare) qc
2. vi to resign (from)dimettersi (da), dare le dimissioni (da)

resign [rɪˈzaɪn]
1. vt (office, leadership) → lasciare (frm) (claim) → rinunciare a
to resign one's post → dimettersi
to resign one's commission (Mil) → rassegnare le dimissioni
to resign o.s. to (doing) sth → rassegnarsi a (fare) qc
2. vi to resign (from)dimettersi (da), dare le dimissioni (da)

resign
v resign [rəˈzain]
1 to leave a job etc If he criticizes my work again I'll resign; He resigned (from) his post. bedank يَسْتَقيل подавам оставка odstoupit, vzdát se tage sin afsked aufgeben παραιτούμαι dimitir (töölt) lahkuma استعفا دادن؛ کناره گیری کردن irtisanoutua démissionner לִהתפַּטֵר छोड़ देना dati (podnijeti) ostavku lemond mengundurkan diri segja upp dimettersi 辞職する 사임하다 atsistatydinti iesniegt atlūgumu; atkāpties no amata; atstāt darbu melepaskan jawatan ontslag nemen si opp, av, melde seg ut ustąpić demitir-se a demisiona уйти с работы/в отставку odstúpiť, vzdať sa dati odpoved dati ostavku avgå ลาออก istifa etmek 辭職 відмовлятися استعفیٰ دینا từ chức
2 (withto) to make (oneself) accept (a situation, fact etc) with patience and calmness He has resigned himself to the possibility that he may never walk again. aanvaar يَسْتَسْلِم لِ، يُذْعِن، يَخْضَع لِ приемам rezignovat affinde sig sich fügen δέχομαι υπομονετικά resignarse alistuma به خود قبولاندن alistua se résigner (à) לְהַשלִים עִם- सुपुर्द करना pomiriti se sa sudbinom beletörődik vmibe pasrah sætta sig við rassegnarsi あきらめる 기꺼이 따르다 susitaikyti su samierināties pasrah berusten avfinne seg med, bøye seg for pogodzić się z resignar-se a se resemna смириться rezignovať sprijazniti se pomiriti se underkasta sig, finna sig i ยอม kabullenmek 聽任...,使順從… підкорятися راضی برضا ہونا cam chịu ...
n resignation [rezigˈneiʃən]
1 the act of resigning. bedanking إسْتِقالَه оставка odstoupení opsigelse die Aufgabe παραίτηση dimisión lahkumine استعفا irtisanoutuminen démission הִתפַּטרוּת पद-त्याग, त्यागपत्र ostavka, povlačenje lemondás pengunduran diri uppsögn dimissioni 辞職 사직 atsistatydinimas atkāpšanās no amata peletakan jawatan ontslag oppsigelse, avskjed; resignasjon ustąpienie resignação demisie отставка odstúpenie odpoved ostavka avgång การลาออก; การยอมจำนน istifa (etme) 辭職 відмовлення від посади; відставка دست برداری sự từ chức
2 a letter etc stating that one is resigning You will receive my resignation tomorrow. bedanking رِسالَة إسْتِقالَه оставка rezignace afskedsbegæring das Rücktrittsgesuch (έγγραφη) παραίτηση dimisión lahkumispalve استعفانامه irtisanomisilmoitus démission מִכתָב הִתפַּטרוּת इस्तीफ़ा pismena ostavka lemondólevél surat pengunduran diri uppsagnarbréf lettera di dimissioni 辞表 사직서 atsistatydinimo raštas atlūgums notis peletakan ontslag oppsigelsesbrev, avskjedssøknad rezygnacja carta de demissão demi­sie заявление об уходе rezignácia odstopna izjava ostavka avskedsansökan จดหมายลาออก istifa mektubu 辭呈 заява про відставку استعفیٰ đơn xin thôi việc
3 (the state of having or showing) patient, calm acceptance (of a situation, fact etc) He accepted his fate with resignation. aanvaarding, gelate إذْعان، خُضوع لِ، إسْتِسْلام смирение rezignace resignation die Ergebung καρτερικότητα resignación alistumus قبول؛ پذیرش hyväksyntä résignation הַשלָמָה शांतिपूर्वक दुख rezignirano, smireno beletörődés sikap pasrah það að sætta sig við e-ð, æðruleysi rassegnazione あきらめ 체념 susitaikymas rezignācija; samierināšanās menerima kenyataan berusting hengivelse, resignasjon rezygnacja resignação resemnare покорность rezignácia ravnodušje pomirenje resignation การยอมรับสภาพ teslimiyet, boyun eğme, tevekkül 聽從,順從 покірність, смиренність تسلیم و رضا sự cam chịu
adj reˈsigned
(often withto) having or showing patient, calm acceptance (of a fact, situation etc) He is resigned to his fate. is kalm oor مُذْعِن، مُسَلِّم بأمْرِه، مُسْتَسْلِم примирен smířený resigneret ergeben υποταγμένος, παραδομένος (μτφ.) resignado alistunud بردبار alistunut résigné (à) הִשלִים शांतिपूर्वक (भाग्य के दिए हुए) कष्टों को सहने में प्रवृत्त, संतोषी, सब्र कर लेने वाला rezigniran, pomiren sa sudbinom beletörődő pasrah sáttur rassegnato あきらめた 순종하는 susitaikęs (su), nuolankus samierinājies penerimaan kenyataan berustend som har funnet seg i sin skjebne, resignert; oppgitt pogodzony (z) conformado re­semnat (cu) покорный zmierený sprijaznjen pomiren resignerad, som finner sig i ซึ่งยอมจำนน tevekkül, boyun eğme 屈從的 покірний قانع cam chịu

resign يَستقيل rezignovat træde tilbage zurücktreten von παραιτούμαι dimitir erota démissionner dati ostavku dimettersi 辞職する 사임하다 berusten in trekke seg zrzec się demitir-se, resignar-se уходить в отставку avgå ลาออก istifa etmek từ chức 辞职


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