Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To submit (oneself) passively; accept as inevitable.
- intransitive verb To give up (a position, for example), especially by formal notification.
- intransitive verb To relinquish (a privilege, right, or claim). synonym: relinquish.
- intransitive verb To give up one's job or office; quit, especially by formal notification.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Resignation.
- To sign again.
- To assign back; return formally; give up; give back, as an office or a commission, to the person or authority that conferred it; hence, to surrender; relinquish; give over; renounce.
- To withdraw, as a claim; give up; abandon.
- To yield or give up in a confiding or trusting spirit; submit, particularly to Providence.
- To submit without resistance; yield; commit.
- To intrust; consign; commit to the care of.
- Synonyms To abandon, renounce, abdicate. Resign differs from the words compared under forsake in expressing primarily a formal and deliberate act, in being the ordinary word for giving up formally an elective office or an appointment, and in having similar figurative use.
- To submit one's self; yield; endure with resignation.
- To give up an office, commission, post, or the like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; -- said of the wishes or will, or of something valued; -- also often used reflexively.
- transitive verb To relinquish; to abandon.
- transitive verb obsolete To commit to the care of; to consign.
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- verb proscribed Alternative spelling of
re-sign .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
- verb give up or retire from a position
- verb part with a possession or right
- verb accept as inevitable
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As for Romney, it will be an amusing game to count how many times he will repeat the phrase "resign in disgrace" over the next week as he attempts to focus voters' attention on Gingrich's career in the House of Representatives.
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On the plus side, she will resign from the Senate and then ... she can be fired from the Sec State spot.
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Mayor Michael Sullivan - no relation to the district attorney - is calling on Stokes to resign from the District F committee seat to which he was elected in November.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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In 1999 the University at Buffalo Law School graduate was forced to resign from the legal profession during a state professional disciplinary proceeding.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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In the firestorm that followed, Mollohan was forced by Pelosi to resign from the Ethics Committee where he served as the ranking Democrat.
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Since there is no upside for McDonnell to keep fighting to keep his promise to Sledd - which is why Sledd didn't resign from the boards - then the new Secretary needs to "take one for the team" and agree to resign.
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Both men pleaded guilty to fraud on Thursday, and if the plea is accepted by the court, they'll spend 87 months in prison, be forced to resign from the bench and the bar, and lose their pension benefits.
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And the FTC's probeof the ties between the boards of Google and Apple precipitated Eric E. Schmidt, Google's chairman and chief executive, to resign from the Apple board, and Arthur Levinson, a member of the board of directors of both companies to resign from Google's board.
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Suggesting that Jones should resign is defensible without appealing to perfection.
If we can’t make mistakes, then we can’t do science | Serendipity 2010
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Like when she promised to resign from the Senate so she could run for governor of Texas a few months ago ...
Hutchison says GOP standing firm on financial reform bill 2010
oroboros commented on the word resign
Contronymic in the sense: re-up vs. quit.
January 27, 2007
kewpid commented on the word resign
To be fired.
December 13, 2007
reesetee commented on the word resign
Haha! Just so.
December 13, 2007