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to resign
01
to officially announce one's departure from a job, position, etc.
Intransitive: to resign from a job position
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
resign
3rd person singular
resigns
Present participle
resigning
Past simple
resigned
Past participle
resigned
Examples
She decided to resign from her position as CEO.
02
to come to terms with an unavoidable or unpleasant situation
Intransitive: to resign to a situation
Transitive: to resign oneself to a situation
Examples
He resigned himself to the fact that the trip would have to be canceled.
03
to give up a possession, privilege, or right
Transitive: to resign a possession or privilege
Examples
The king resigned his throne in favor of his son.
Lexical Tree
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