Definition of resign

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Resign (v. t.) 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..

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Portfolio :: Portfolio (n.) Hence: The office and functions of a minister of state or member of the cabinet; as, to receive the portfolio of war; to resign the portfolio..
Exchange :: Exchange (n.) To part with for a substitute; to lay aside, quit, or resign (something being received in place of the thing parted with); as, to exchange a palace for cell..
Demit :: Demit (v. t.) To lay down, as an office; to resign..
Chiltern Hundreds :: Chiltern Hundreds () A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward. As members of Parliament cannot resign, when they wish to go out they accept this stewardship, which legally vacates their seats..
Yield :: Yield (v. t.) To give up, as something that is claimed or demanded; to make over to one who has a claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc..
Presignifying :: Presignifying (imp. & p. p.) of Presignif.
Intimate :: Intimate (a.) To suggest obscurely or indirectly; to refer to remotely; to give slight notice of; to hint; as, he intimated his intention of resigning his office..
Foresignify :: Foresignify (v. t.) To signify beforehand; to foreshow; to typify.
Demission :: Demission (n.) Resignation of an office.
Presignify :: Presignify (v. t.) To intimate or signify beforehand; to presage.
Unpossess :: Unpossess (v. t.) To be without, or to resign, possession of..
Resignment :: Resignment (n.) The act of resigning.
Forgive :: Forgive (v. t.) To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign.
Deliver :: Deliver (v. t.) To give or transfer; to yield possession or control of; to part with (to); to make over; to commit; to surrender; to resign; -- often with up or over, to or into..
Discrete :: Discrete (a.) Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, I resign my life, but not my honor, is a discrete proposition..
Re Sign :: Re sign (n.) Resignation.
Resign :: Resign (v. t.) To relinquish; to abandon.
Resigning :: Resigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resig.
Resignation :: Resignation (n.) The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as, resignation to the will and providence of God..
Submission :: Submission (n.) The state of being submissive; acknowledgement of inferiority or dependence; humble or suppliant behavior; meekness; resignation.
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