resign

If you do this, you officially tell your employer that you are leaving your job.

• She decided to resign.
• The minister resigned after the report appeared.
• Will you resign from the board?

How to use it: resign from something (She resigned from her job last month.); resign as something (He plans to resign as chairman.)

Similar words: quit, step down

Common phrases: resign from something, resign as something, resign a post

To accept something unpleasant that you cannot change, or stop fighting because you expect to lose.

• The chess player chose to resign.
• She resigned herself to the bad news.
• He resigned the game after losing his queen.

How to use it: resign yourself to something (She resigned herself to a long wait.); resign yourself to doing something (He resigned himself to working all weekend.)

Similar words: give in, concede, submit

Opposites: resist

Common phrases: resign yourself, resign the game, resign yourself to something

To put your signature on a document again.

• Please resign the form in blue ink.
• She resigned the contract because her first signature was unclear.
• Must I resign every page of the corrected agreement?

Similar words: sign again

Common phrases: resign a document, resign the contract, resign the form