Definition of resigns Resigns
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What does resigns mean?
Part of speech
🔤- resigns, verb, present, 3rd person singular of resign (infinitive).
WordNet
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| resign - accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate" | ||
| reconcile, submit | ||
| accept tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" | ||
| resign - give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" | ||
| leave office, quit, step down | ||
| take office assume an office, duty, or title; "When will the new President take office?" | ||
| pull up stakes, depart, leave go away or leave | ||
| vacate, renounce, resign, give up leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight" | ||
| retire cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base" | ||
| top out to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929";"Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million" | ||
| fall pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work" | ||
| resign - part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" | ||
| release, relinquish, free, give up | ||
| hand, pass on, reach, turn over, pass, give guide or conduct or usher somewhere; "hand the elderly lady into the taxi" | ||
| derequisition release from government control | ||
| sacrifice, give kill or destroy; "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment" | ||
| resign - leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" | ||
| vacate, renounce, give up | ||
| leave office, step down, resign, quit give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" | ||
| abdicate, renounce give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- resign (v. t.)
To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; -- said of the wishes or will, or of something valued; -- also often used reflexively. - resign (v. t.)
To relinquish; to abandon. - resign (v. t.)
To commit to the care of; to consign.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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resign
To accept unwillingly. -
resign
To give up from a job or position. -
resign
To accept as inevitable.
Part of speech
🔤- resign, verb, present, 1st person singular of resign (infinitive).
- resign, verb (infinitive).
