resign
//ɹɪˈzaɪn//
Forms
- present (v1)
- resign
- past (v2)
- resigned
- past participle (v3)
- resigned
- present participle
- resigning
- 3rd person singular
- resigns
Definitions
1.To give up; 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[…].
2.To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another.
- I think that Tom will resign.
3.To voluntarily leave (a job or position), in particular a hard-fought position of high status.
- He resigned the crown to follow his heart.
- I am resigning in protest of the unfair treatment of our employees.
4.To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable.
- He had no choice but to resign the game and let his opponent become the champion.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3687
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman resigner, Middle French resigner, and its source, Latin resignāre (“to unseal, annul, assign, resign”), from re- + signāre (“to seal, stamp”).
Piecewise doublet of re-sign.