resign

démissionner

Annoncer officiellement que l’on quitte volontairement son emploi ou ses fonctions.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : resign from something (She resigned from her job last month.); resign as something (He plans to resign as chairman.)

Synonymes : quit, step down

Expressions courantes : resign from something, resign as something, resign a post

se résigner, abandonner

Accepter une situation pénible qu’on ne peut changer, ou cesser de lutter parce qu’on pense perdre.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : resign yourself to something (She resigned herself to a long wait.); resign yourself to doing something (He resigned himself to working all weekend.)

Synonymes : give in, concede, submit

Contraires : resist

Expressions courantes : resign yourself, resign the game, resign yourself to something

signer à nouveau

Apposer une nouvelle fois sa signature sur un document.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : sign again

Expressions courantes : resign a document, resign the contract, resign the form