Verb: resign ri'zIn
- Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
"The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds";
- vacate, renounce, give up
- Give up or retire from a position
"The chairman resigned over the financial scandal";
- leave office, quit, step down
- Part with a possession or right
"resign a claim to the throne";
- release, relinquish, free, give up
- Accept as inevitable
"He resigned himself to his fate";
- reconcile, submit
Derived forms: resigns, resigned, resigning
Type of: accept, depart, give, hand, leave, pass, pass on, pull up stakes, reach, turn over
Encyclopedia: Resign