RESIGN
\ɹɪzˈa͡ɪn], \ɹɪzˈaɪn], \ɹ_ɪ_z_ˈaɪ_n]\
Definitions of RESIGN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
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accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"
By Princeton University
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part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
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accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To relinquish; to abandon.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To relinquish; to abandon.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To give up; surrender; relinquish.
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To yield trustfully.
By James Champlin Fernald
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