resign

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

quit

give up

renounce

retire

relinquish

leave

vacate

abandon

submit

abdicate

forgo

surrender

yield

give in

withdraw

capitulate

reconcile

step down

grant

leave office

cede

cease

release

abolish

free

🆓

give way

consign

forsake

assign

withdraw from

drop out

accommodate

secede

pull out

disassociate

disaccord

break up

differ

desist

bow

🙇

desert

🏜️

deprive

bid

deposition

go out

content

bestow

abstain from

concede

forego

Translations

démissionner

zurücktreten

renunciar

dimitir

dimettersi

abandonner

renunciar

resignar

renoncer

résigner

opgeven

παραιτούμαι

demitir-se

abdanken

aufgeben

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.