Meaning

(transitive) To give up; to relinquish ownership of..

Definitions by Sense

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. (transitive or intransitive) 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.
5. (proscribed) Alternative spelling of re-sign.

Example Sentences

And if the perfection of well-speaking might bring any glorie sutable unto a great personage, Scipio and Lelius would never have resigned the honour of their Comedies[…]unto an Affrican servant[…].

I am resigning in protest of the unfair treatment of our employees.

He resigned the crown to follow his heart.

To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home. Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice President Ford will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office.

He had no choice but to resign the game and let his opponent become the champion.

Here is a man who was resigned to his fate, who was walking to the scaffold and about to die like a coward, that's true, but at least he was about to die without resisting and without recrimination. Do you know what gave him that much strength? Do you know what consoled him? Do you know what resigned him to his fate?

Lastly, a note that I have resigned my GPG key to extend the expiration date.

Word Forms

• resigns
• resigning
• resigned
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• resign
• resignest
• resignedst
• resigneth
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Synonyms for re sign

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When Should You Use Re sign?

Use re sign when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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