resign
/'ri:'sain/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To voluntarily leave a job or position: To formally give up one's office, employment, or post.
- To accept something unpleasant as inevitable: To submit oneself passively to a condition, circumstance, or fate.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- The CEO decided to resign after ten years with the company.
- She resigned from the committee to focus on her family.
- He had to resign himself to the fact that the project had failed.
Advanced Usage
- "to resign oneself to (something)": To accept and endure something unpleasant without complaint.
- After the flight was canceled, we resigned ourselves to a long wait at the airport.
- "to resign from (a position)": To formally quit a specific job or role.
- He resigned from the board of directors.
Variants and Related Words
- Resignation (n): The act of resigning or the formal document stating one's intention to resign; also, the state of being resigned to something.
- She handed in her resignation yesterday.
- He faced his illness with quiet resignation.
Synonyms
- Quit: To leave a job, school, or other commitment.
- Step down: To resign from a high-level position.
- Relinquish: To voluntarily give up or let go of something.
- Submit: To yield or surrender to a superior force or authority.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Resign to: (Often used in the passive voice as "be resigned to") To accept something undesirable as unavoidable.
- She was finally resigned to living far from her family.
Related Idioms
- Resign oneself to one's fate: To accept what is going to happen without trying to change it.
- After the accident, he simply resigned himself to his fate.
Verb
- accept as inevitable
- He resigned himself to his fate
- part with a possession or right
- I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
- resign a claim to the throne
- give up or retire from a position
- The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month
- The chairman resigned over the financial scandal
- 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