resign

About 3.64 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To give up; to relinquish ownership of. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. verb To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another.
3. verb 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.

4. verb 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.

5. verb Alternative spelling of re-sign.

Similar words

give up renounce submit vacate reconcile relinquish resignation waive surrender waiver

Often followed by

his from the and in as their themselves himself

Word family

resigned resignedness resignednesses resigner resigners resigning resigns