Antonyms for resign
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ri-zahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈzaɪn |
Definition of resign
Origin :- late 14c., "give up, surrender, abandon, submit; relinquish," from Old French resigner "renounce, relinquish" (13c.), from Latin resignare "to check off, annul, cancel, give back, give up," from re- "opposite" (see re-) + signare "to make an entry in an account book," literally "to mark" (see sign (v.)).
- The sense is of making an entry (signum) "opposite" -- on the credit side -- balancing the former mark and thus canceling the claim it represents. The specific meaning of "give up a position" is first recorded late 14c. Sense of "to give (oneself) up to some emotion or situation" is from 1718. Related: Resigned; resigning.
- verb give up responsibility
- He could resign himself to his reveries, and pursue them into new subtleties day by day.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Besides, Mr. Morgan offered to resign his seat in the House of Commons in his favor.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- George felt that if he would hold one he must resign the other.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- Mortimer was to be asked to resign his position as soon as his place in the bank could be filled.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- But now that she was unable to move, she must resign herself and accept her fate.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- To Him I resign myself, and the just cause which is entrusted to me to defend.
- Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
- I will resign it; for ever I will resign it: and the resignation must be good, because I will never marry at all.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- I thought he was too keen on money to resign because his silly pride was hurt.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- I will not resign; the king is with us; our strength shall be known.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- I was obliged to resign Berenice to the care of her attendants.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
Synonyms for resign
- abandon
- abdicate
- bail out
- bow out
- capitulate
- cease work
- cede
- demit
- divorce oneself from
- drop
- drop out
- end service
- fold
- forgo
- forsake
- give notice
- give up the ship
- hand in resignation
- hand over
- hang it up
- leave
- quit
- relinquish
- renounce
- retire
- secede
- separate oneself from
- sign off
- stand aside
- stand down
- step down
- surrender
- terminate
- throw in the towel
- turn over
- vacate
- waive
- walk out
- wash hands of
- yield
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