English language

How to pronounce resign in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Synonyms give up, renounce, vacate
Type of step down, leave office, quit
Has types abdicate, renounce
Derivation resignation


The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds.
Type Words
Synonyms free, give up, release, relinquish
Type of pass on, pass, give, hand, reach, turn over
Has types derequisition, sacrifice, give


resign a claim to the throne.
Type Words
Synonyms leave office, quit, step down
Type of leave, depart, pull up stakes
Has types vacate, fall, give up, renounce, retire, top out
Derivation resignation


The chairman resigned over the financial scandal.
Type Words
Synonyms reconcile, submit
Type of accept
Derivation resignation


He resigned himself to his fate.

Examples of resign

resign
Pressure mounted on Kratz to resign after Van Groll's allegations became public.
From the timesunion.com
It was a coup d'etat and the president was threatened by the military to resign.
From the forbes.com
Harwell said she does not expect Todd to resign from the legislature altogether.
From the tennessean.com
Ukip called on Campbell Bannerman to resign his seat in the European parliament.
From the guardian.co.uk
Facing calls to resign, he announced the government would comply with the order.
From the economist.com
Perhaps the prime minister should reconsider Coulson's offer to resign his post.
From the guardian.co.uk
Agnew agreed to resign, received three years'probation, and paid a $10,000 fine.
From the timesunion.com
Will the womenfolk ever resign themselves to their menfolk's dangerous pursuits?
From the time.com
One year later he was forced to resign as President of SDS and went into hiding.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Vacate: leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
  • Leave office: give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
  • Release: part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
  • Accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"
  • (resignation) acceptance of despair
  • (resignation) the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.)
  • This page explains commonly used terms in chess in alphabetical order. Some of these have their own pages, like fork and pin. ...
  • (Resignation (Friedrich Schiller)) Resignation was a poem by Friedrich Schiller, published in 1786 in the journal Thalia.
  • (Resignation (House)) Houses third season ran from September 5, 2006 to May 29, 2007. Early in the season, House temporarily regains the use of his leg, due to Ketamine treatment, after he was shot in the season two finale. ...