resign
To give up; to relinquish ownership of.
Verb 4 meanings
To give up; to relinquish ownership of.
To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another.
To voluntarily leave (a job or position), in particular a hard-fought position of high status.
“I am resigning in protest of the unfair treatment of our employees.”
To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable.
“He had no choice but to resign the game and let his opponent become the champion.”
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.
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RESIGN at a glance
RESIGN has 6 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + S 1 + I 1 + G 2 + N 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,375 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with resign
All rhymes- DESIGN8
- FOREIGN11
- SIGN5
- CAMPAIGN15
- REIGN6
- SOVEREIGN13
- ASSIGN7
- ALIGN6
- BENIGN9
- REDESIGN10
- ENSIGN7
- CHAMPAIGN19
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