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resign Definition

re·sign (ri zīn′)

transitive verb

  1. to give up possession of; relinquish (a claim, etc.)
  2. to give up (an office, position, etc.)

Etymology: ME resignen < MFr resigner < L resignare < re-, back + signare, to sign

intransitive verb

to give up an office, position of employment, etc., esp. by formal notice: often with from

  • re-sign
resign Idioms

resign oneself (to)

to submit or become reconciled (to); accept (something) passively

resign Synonyms

resign

v.

  1. To relinquish

    surrender, capitulate, give up; see abandon 1, yield 1.

  2. To leave one's employment

    quit, leave, retire, step down, drop out, stand down, stand aside, end one's services, walk out, hand in one's resignation, give notice, leave office, abdicate, cease work, sign off, ask for one's time*, chuck one's job*, toss up one's job*.

resign Usage Examples

Object

  • whip: June 1934 Joseph Hunter ( MP for Dumfries ) resigns the Liberal whip to join the Liberal National party.
  • appointment: Notice of termination of appointment The length of notice required to resign an appointment shall six months.

Preposition: as

  • chairman: Lassus ' shares became available after he resigned as chairman of Gemplus following a long battle for control of the company last year.
  • president: Some union members criticized Mitchell for his lack of radicalism and in 1908 he resign as president of UMWA.
  • trustee: After resigning as trustee she raised concerns with the Commission about alleged misappropriation of assets and mismanagement by other trustees.
  • captain: Prichard resigns as captain and is replaced by Nasser Hussain.
  • secretary: Short, who resigned as international development secretary following the campaign to topple Saddam Hussein, made her comments in a radio interview.
  • director: He refused to sign the 1995 accounts and resigned as a director over a year before its collapse.

Adjective complement

  • due: TRUST NEWS Paul Tomlinson has recently resigned due to ill health.

Modifying Another Word

  • voluntarily: Miss XXX ceased employment because she resigned voluntarily, and not on ill-health grounds.

Infinitive complement

  • defeat: Buoyed by the third goal and with Tranmere's resigned to defeat, City showed their class in the closing stages.

Preposition: in

  • disgust: Mr. Connolly was dismissed, while Mr. van Buitenen was demoted and marginalized, and recently resigned in disgust.
  • disgrace: Stowe's resignation follows the loss of Luke Smith, who resigned in disgrace his councilor seat in August.
  • protest: Ian Gow, then British Treasury Minister, resigned in protest at the signing of the Agreement.
  • favor: The losses suffered during the Boxer Rebellion affected Taylor's health and he resigned officially in favor of D E Hoste in 1903.

Preposition: from

  • cabinet: When he realized he was unable to stop Disraeli's 1867 Reform Act he resigned from the cabinet.
  • committee: Susannah Hines no longer lived in the region and had resigned from committee.
  • office: On 9th August, 1974, Richard Nixon became the first President of the United States to resign from office.
  • board: Hasn't Hobson resigned from the board recently because of work?
  • army: But not many years ago six or seven army officers resigned from the Bulgarian army and led armed insurrection into Macedonia.