# resign

Pronunciation: say "ri-ZYN" /ɹɪˈzaɪn/

## Verb

1. To voluntarily leave a job or position, especially a hard-won one of high status.
   - Simple: To leave a job or position on purpose, especially an important or high-ranking one.
   - _The minister resigned her seat amid mounting criticism._
   - _After three decades on the bench, the judge chose to resign._
2. To submit passively to something, accepting it as hopeless or inevitable.
   - Simple: To accept something unwanted because you feel you cannot change it.
   - _We resign ourselves to the outcome whenever the committee overrules us._
   - _Travelers resigned themselves to lengthy delays after the storm._
3. To give up something, relinquishing one's ownership of or claim to it.
   - Simple: To give up something you own and let go of it for good.
   - _Founders sometimes resign their shares to keep the company afloat._
   - _The duke resigned his estates to the crown._
4. To hand something over to someone, placing it into another's care or control.
   - Simple: To place something or someone into another person's care or control.
   - _Trustees resign management of the fund to a new board._
   - _He resigned command of the ship to his first officer._
5. Alternative spelling of re-sign. Often criticized as an error, since it is spelled like resign, to quit. *(nonstandard)* — Alternative spelling of re-sign. (pronounced: say "ree-SYN" US /ɹiˈsaɪn/, UK /ɹiːˈsaɪn/)
   - Simple: Alternative spelling of re-sign. It means to sign again, but many call this spelling a mistake.
   - _The club moved quickly to resign its captain before the transfer window closed._
   - _Management offered to resign the lease for another three years._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–4** — From Anglo-Norman and Middle French resigner, and ultimately from Latin resignāre ('to unseal, annul, assign, resign'), formed from re- plus signāre ('to seal, stamp'). It is a doublet of re-sign.
**Meaning 5** — Formed from the prefix re- combined with sign.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/resign (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).