resign

(verb)

verb

1. leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

- The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds

Similar word(s): renounce, vacate

Definition categories: social, quit, resign

2. give up or retire from a position

- The chairman resigned over the financial scandal

Similar word(s): quit

Definition categories: social, depart, leave

3. part with a possession or right

- resign a claim to the throne

Similar word(s): free, release, relinquish

Definition categories: possession, give, hand, pass, reach

4. accept as inevitable

- He resigned himself to his fate

Similar word(s): reconcile, submit

Definition categories: cognition, accept

Sentences with resign as a verb:

- I am resigning in protest of the unfair treatment of our employees.

- He resigned the crown to follow his heart.

- After fighting for so long, she finally resigned to her death.

- He had no choice but to resign the game and let his opponent become the champion.