resign

(Engels)

  1. (transitive) To give up; to relinquish ownership of.
  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.
  4. (transitive) To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable.

Frequentie

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ɹɪˈzaɪn/
Etymologie (Engels)

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.

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