resign

Meaning

1. To give up; to relinquish ownership of.
2. To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another.
3. To quit (a job or position).
4. To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable.

Synonyms

quit

give up

renounce

retire

leave

relinquish

vacate

abandon

abdicate

submit

forgo

yield

surrender

give in

withdraw

capitulate

reconcile

step down

leave office

cease

cede

release

grant

free

🆓

withdraw from

secede

give way

abolish

consign

pull out

assign

accommodate

drop out

forsake

hand over

leave alone

leave behind

let oneself go

obey

open up

park

🏞️

put down

return

send in

separate

set down

settle

split

split up

succumb

termination

throw away

throw in the towel

throw up

vary

vouchsafe

waive

walk out

break camp

defer to

excuse oneself

foreswear

go without

have done with

live with

retire from office

take one’s leave

stop

🛑

quit one’s job

yield up

leave post

discerp

divorce

retirement

be submissive

abandon one’s position

secede from

stop working

relinquish to

retire from

break up with

part

abnegate

abstain from

allot

allow

bestow

bid

bow

🙇

break up

cast aside

cave

come out

concede

content

deposition

deprive

desert

🏜️

desist

differ

disaccord

disassociate

discard

disclaim

diverge

drop

drop off

dump

empty

end

🔚

file

forego

go out

hand in

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈzaɪn/

Etymology

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.