resign
/ɹɪˈzaɪn/ verb
Forms resigns resigning resigned resignest resignedst resigneth
- verb (transitive) To give up; to relinquish ownership of.
- verb (transitive) To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another.
- verb (transitive or intransitive) To voluntarily leave (a job or position), in particular a hard-fought position of high status. “I am resigning in protest of the unfair treatment of our employees.”
- verb (transitive) 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.”
Synonyms
vacate quit renounce give up leave office step down release relinquish free reconcile submit
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.
Webster’s 1913
- 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.
- verb To relinquish; to abandon.
Etymology [F. résigner, L. resignare to unseal, annul, assign, resign; pref. re- re- + signare to seal, stamp. See Sign, and cf. Resignation.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “resign”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details