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.

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.