resign

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈzaɪn/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
  2. verb give up or retire from a position
  3. verb part with a possession or right

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman resigner, Middle French resigner, and its source, Latin resignāre (“to unseal, annul, assign, resign”), from re- + signāre (“to seal, stamp”). Piecewise doublet of re-sign.

In classic literature

Synonyms

vacate, renounce, give up

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
leave office
Narrower (hyponyms)
abdicate

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