to resign
31resign — v 1.(usu. in reference to office or position) abdicate, renounce, give up, Law. disclaim, lay down, part with, retire from, vacate, abnegate, Chiefly Scot. demit; relinquish, let go, deliver up, hand over, transfer, turn over; surrender, submit,… …
32resign — verb 1) the manager resigned Syn: leave, give notice, stand down, step down; informal quit 2) 19 MPs resigned their seats Syn: give up, leave, vacate, stand down from; informal quit, pack in …
33resign — re•sign [[t]rɪˈzaɪn[/t]] v. i. 1) to give up an office or position (often fol. by from) 2) to submit; yield: to resign before the inevitable[/ex] 3) to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally 4) to relinquish (a right, claim, etc.) 5) …
34resign oneself — {v. phr.} To stop arguing; accept something which cannot be changed. * /When Jane s father explained that he could not afford to buy her a new bicycle, she finally resigned herself to riding the old one./ Compare: GIVE UP …
35resign oneself — {v. phr.} To stop arguing; accept something which cannot be changed. * /When Jane s father explained that he could not afford to buy her a new bicycle, she finally resigned herself to riding the old one./ Compare: GIVE UP …
36resign — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French resigner, from Latin resignare, literally, to unseal, cancel, from re + signare to sign, seal more at sign Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. relegate, consign; especially to give (oneself)… …
37resign oneself — verb To give up, stop resisting and come to accept. He resigned himself to his fate and began the long walk home to face his wife …
38resign — verb /ɹɪˈzʌɪn/ a) To give up or hand over (something to someone); to relinquish ownership of. 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 …
39resign — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abdicate, abjure, accede, accept, acknowledge defeat, acquiesce, assent, be agreeable, be pensioned, be superannuated, cease, cede, circulate, come across with, come off, comply, consent, cry quits, cut out,… …
40resign oneself — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. submit, become reconciled, accept, acquiesce; see agree to , yield 1 …
