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resign


resign is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] 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. I here resign my government to thee. Shak. Lament not, Eve, but patiently resign What justly thou hast lost. Milton. What more reasonable, than that we should in all things resign up ourselves to the will of God Tiilotson.

[2] To relinquish; to abandon. He soon resigned his former suit. Spenser.

[3] To commit to the care of; to consign. [Obs.] Gentlement of quality have been sent beyong the seas, resigned and concredited to the conduct of such as they call governors. Evelyn.


Synonyms:

abandon
abdicate
forego
forsake
leave
quit
relinquish
submit
surrender
renounc

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