intransitive verb. To submit (oneself) passively; accept as inevitable.

intransitive verb. To give up (a position, for example), especially by formal notification.

intransitive verb. To relinquish (a privilege, right, or claim). synonym: relinquish.

intransitive verb. To give up one's job or office; quit, especially by formal notification.

noun. Resignation.

To sign again.

To assign back; return formally; give up; give back, as an office or a commission, to the person or authority that conferred it; hence, to surrender; relinquish; give over; renounce.

To withdraw, as a claim; give up; abandon.

To yield or give up in a confiding or trusting spirit; submit, particularly to Providence.

To submit without resistance; yield; commit.

To intrust; consign; commit to the care of.

Synonyms To abandon, renounce, abdicate. Resign differs from the words compared under forsake in expressing primarily a formal and deliberate act, in being the ordinary word for giving up formally an elective office or an appointment, and in having similar figurative use.

To submit one's self; yield; endure with resignation.

To give up an office, commission, post, or the like.

transitive verb. 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.

transitive verb. To relinquish; to abandon.

transitive verb. To commit to the care of; to consign.

verb. Alternative spelling of re-sign.

verb. leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

verb. give up or retire from a position

verb. part with a possession or right

verb. accept as inevitable

"As for Romney, it will be an amusing game to count how many times he will repeat the phrase "resign in disgrace" over the next week as he attempts to focus voters' attention on Gingrich's career in the House of Representatives."

resign oneself  resignation  

accept  

Aline  Cline  Combine  Dine  Heine  

9-millimeter  breath-control  cost-of-living  door-opening  firing pin  

abandon  abandon  abdicate  abdicate  abjure  

resigned  resigning  resigns