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resign en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪˈzaɪn/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To give up; to relinquish ownership of.
   • And if the perfection of well-speaking might bring any glorie sutable unto a great personage, Scipio and Lelius would never have resigned the honour of their Comedies[…]unto an Affrican servant[…]. 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 39, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
2. (transitive) To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another.
3. (intransitive, transitive) 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.
   • To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home. Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice President Ford will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office. 1974 August 8, Richard Nixon, 2:30 from the start, in Richard Nixon's resignation speech, CBSN:
   • He resigned the crown to follow his heart.
4. (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.
   • Here is a man who was resigned to his fate, who was walking to the scaffold and about to die like a coward, that's true, but at least he was about to die without resisting and without recrimination. Do you know what gave him that much strength? Do you know what consoled him? Do you know what resigned him to his fate? 1996, Robin Buss, The Count of Monte Cristo, translation of, Alexandre Dumas, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, 2003 Penguin edition, page 394 http://books.google.com/books?id=QAa5l_8DNbcC&pg=PA394&dq=fate

Forms

Deriveds

unresign · resignful · resign oneself · resignation · resignee · resigner · resignment · resignable · resignatory

Synonyms

vacate · quit

Translations (126)

hu felad (to give up) · sk rezignovať (to give up) · hu átad (hand over, give over (to someone)) · vi từ chức (quit a job or position) · bg подавам оставка (quit a job or position) · fr abandonner (to give something up or relinquish) · cy rhoi'r gorau (quit a job or position) · no gå av (quit a job or position) · is afsala sér (to give something up or relinquish) · fr démissionner (quit a job or position) · nl ontslag nemen (quit a job or position) · ms meletak jawatan (quit a job or position) · hu lemond (quit a job or position) · sv sluta (quit a job or position) · hu átenged (hand over, give over (to someone)) · cy ymddiswyddo (quit a job or position) · it rinunciare (to give something up or relinquish) · es renunciar (quit a job or position) · ko 사임하다 (quit a job or position) · de kündigen (quit a job or position) · my အောချ (to give something up or relinquish) · fr renoncer (to give up) · la abdicō (quit a job or position) · he התפטר (quit a job or position) · ru уходи́ть в отста́вку (quit a job or position) · sk vzdať sa (to give something up or relinquish) · es renunciar (to give up) · it rinunciare (to give up) · fr céder (to give something up or relinquish) · ja 辞任する (quit a job or position) · ru уво́литься (quit a job or position) · el παραιτούμαι (quit a job or position) · cs rezignovat (quit a job or position) · is gefa upp á bátinn (to give something up or relinquish) · fi luovuttaa (to give up) · bg отказвам се (to give something up or relinquish) · sk vzdávať sa (to give up) · no gi opp (to give up) · it rassegnare (to give something up or relinquish) · kk отставкаға кету (quit a job or position) · ru отка́зываться от до́лжности (quit a job or position) · pl rezygnować (quit a job or position) · cs odstoupit (quit a job or position) · it rassegnarsi (to give up) · fr se faire une raison (to give up) · lo ລາການ (quit a job or position) · tr istifa etmek (quit a job or position) · kk отставкаға шығу (quit a job or position) · hu lemond (to give something up or relinquish) · grc ἀπεῖπον (quit a job or position) · uk піти́ у відста́вку (quit a job or position) · it dare le dimissioni (quit a job or position) · ar اِسْتَقَالَ (quit a job or position) · pt renunciar (quit a job or position) · is segja af sér (quit a job or position) · th เลิกล้ม (to give something up or relinquish) · ja 辞職する (quit a job or position) · ru бро́сить рабо́ту (quit a job or position) · es resignarse (to give up) · hu belenyugszik (to give up) · bg предавам (hand over, give over (to someone)) · pt resignar (to give up) · mn огцрох (quit a job or position) · fi luovuttaa (to give something up or relinquish) · fi erota (quit a job or position) · pt desligar-se (quit a job or position) · is láta (to give something up or relinquish) · th ล้มเลิก (to give something up or relinquish) · pl zrezygnować (quit a job or position) · bg предоставям (hand over, give over (to someone)) · lo ລາອອກ (quit a job or position) · is falla frá (to give something up or relinquish) · grc παρίημι (quit a job or position) · is láta af (quit a job or position) · sv resignera (to give up) · uk іти́ у відста́вку (quit a job or position) · ru увольня́ться (quit a job or position) · mi rīhaina (quit a job or position) · cmn 认输 (to give up) · hu beletörődik (to give up) · cmn 辭職 /辞职 (quit a job or position) · is draga sig í hlé (quit a job or position) · dsb gódy wześ (quit a job or position) · ka უარის თქმა (quit a job or position) · is láta af hendi (to give something up or relinquish) · es dimitir (quit a job or position) · sk rezignovať (quit a job or position) · ca dimitir (quit a job or position) · ko 포기하다 (to give up) · no si opp (quit a job or position) · shn ၼုၵ်ႈဢွၵ်ႇ (quit a job or position) · de zurücktreten (quit a job or position) · hu felad (to give something up or relinquish) · arz استعفى (quit a job or position) · fr abdiquer (quit a job or position) · hi पदत्याग (quit a job or position) · sk vzdávať sa (to give something up or relinquish) · mi tuku (to give something up or relinquish) · ja 辞める (quit a job or position) · eo demisii (quit a job or position) · my နုတ်ထွက် (quit a job or position) · ur استعفا دینا (quit a job or position) · fr léguer (hand over, give over (to someone)) · is gefa upp (to give something up or relinquish) · km លាឈប់ (quit a job or position) · lt atsistatydinti (quit a job or position) · oc demissionar (quit a job or position) · eo rezignacii (to give up) · hy հրաժարական տալ (quit a job or position) · it darla su (to give up) · it dimettersi (quit a job or position) · no resignere (to give up) · sv avgå (quit a job or position) · hu leköszön (quit a job or position) · th ลาออก (quit a job or position) · it lasciare (quit a job or position) · eo rezigni (quit a job or position) · sk odstúpiť (quit a job or position) · ro demisiona (quit a job or position) · is segja upp (quit a job or position) · pt demitir-se (quit a job or position) · sk vzdať sa (to give up) · cmn 辭去 /辞去 (quit a job or position) · ga éirigh as (quit a job or position) · kk қызметтен кету (quit a job or position) · fr se résigner (to give up)

wikipedia: Richard Nixon

resign en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ɹiːˈsaɪn/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English sign English resign From re- + sign.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, proscribed) Alternative spelling of re-sign.
   alt of re-sign
   • Lastly, a note that I have resigned my GPG key to extend the expiration date. 2020, Kevin McCarthy, mutt 2.0.0 released, mutt-announce mailing list, November 7 2020

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