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Resign Common

Resign has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

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"

2

give up or retire from a position

"The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"

"The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"

3

part with a possession or right

"I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"

"resign a claim to the throne"

4

accept as inevitable

"He resigned himself to his fate"

5

To give up; to relinquish ownership of.

"He decided to resign his old lease and sign a new contract with the updated terms."

6

Alternative spelling of re-sign

Example Sentences
"She vacated the position when she got pregnant" verb
"The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" verb
"The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month" verb
"The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" verb
"I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest" verb
"resign a claim to the throne" verb
"He resigned himself to his fate" verb
See Also
resignation surrender step down walk plank cross aisle ship out resigner cross floor
Related Terms
Antonyms
take office
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
leave office leave pass accept
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
abdicate vacate retire top out fall derequisition sacrifice
Rhyming Words
ign lign sign align gsign coign reign teign feign deign ensign benign unsign indign obsign sdeign v sign design eloign assign
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