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resigner Definition


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resign
verb resigned, resigning
    intr
    1. To give up employment or an official position, etc.
      Thesaurus: step down, vacate, abidcate, quit, leave.
      Form: resign from a job, post (often)
    2. To give up or relinquish (a right, claim, etc).
      Thesaurus: abandon, forsake, sacrifice, yield, renounce, abdicate, cede, forgo, relinquish, surrender, waive; Antonym: join, maintain.
    3. To come to accept it with patience, tolerance, etc, especially when it is unpleasant or unwelcome; to submit to it.
      Thesaurus: submit, yield, accept, bow, comply, acquiesce, reconcile, accede; Antonym: resist.
      Form: resign oneself to something (usually)
Derivative: resignation
    The act of resigning from a job, official position, etc.
      Thesaurus: retirement, leaving, abdication, departure.
    A formal letter or notice of intention to resign from a job, post, etc.
    The state or quality of having or showing patient and calm acceptance, especially of something unpleasant or something that is seen as inevitable.
      Thesaurus: surrender, abandonment, relinquishment, forbearing; Antonym: resistance.
Derivative: resigner
noun
    Etymology: 14c: from French résigner, from Latin resignare to unseal or cancel.



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