Lexic.us

Definition of Resign

1. Verb. Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily. "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"

2. Verb. Give up or retire from a position. "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"

3. Verb. Part with a possession or right. "Resign a claim to the throne"

4. Verb. Accept as inevitable. "He resigned himself to his fate"

Definition of Resign

1. v. t. To affix one's signature to, a second time; to sign again.

2. v. t. To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; -- said of the wishes or will, or of something valued; -- also often used reflexively.

Definition of Resign

1. Verb. (transitive) To give up or hand over (something to someone); to relinquish ownership of. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹

2. Verb. (transitive or intransitive) To quit (a job or position). (defdate from 14th c.) ¹

3. Verb. (transitive or intransitive) To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹

4. Verb. (proscribed) (alternative spelling of re-sign) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Resign

1. to give up one's office or position [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Resign

residueless residues residuosity residuous residuum residuums resift resifted resifting resifts

resight resighted resighting resights resign (current term) resign'd resign oneself resignal resignation resignations

resigned resigned(p) resignedly resignedness resignednesses resignee resignees resigner resigners

Literary usage of Resign

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1906)
"Then the Cabinet, to a man, should resign. Others declared that the Secretaries were determined to resign if a veto came, whatever its tone; ..."

2. Documentary History of Reconstruction: Political, Military, Social by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1907)
"Fifteen (15) days' notice from this date is therefore given and if they, one and all, do not at once and forever resign their present inhuman, disgraceful, ..."

3. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1847)
"Question, whether volunteers *ere entitled to resign before the end of the war? Erskine's opinion. skine nominally retained the command of his corps, ..."

4. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1905)
"In answer Pitt wrote on February 3 that he must resign office as soon as a new ministry could be formed. George, who was incapable of appreciating his ..."

5. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"If the lieutenant-governor shall be called upon to administer the government, and shall, while in such administration, resign, die, or be absent from the ..."

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