English verb: resign | |||
1. | resign (social) leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily | ||
Samples | She vacated the position when she got pregnant. The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds. | ||
Synonyms | give up, renounce, vacate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | leave office, quit, resign, step down | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | abdicate, renounce | ||
2. | resign (social) give up or retire from a position | ||
Samples | The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month. The chairman resigned over the financial scandal. | ||
Synonyms | leave office, quit, step down | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | depart, leave, pull up stakes | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | fall, give up, renounce, resign, retire, top out, vacate | ||
Antonyms | take office | ||
3. | resign (possession) part with a possession or right | ||
Samples | I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest. Resign a claim to the throne. | ||
Synonyms | free, give up, release, relinquish | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | derequisition, give, sacrifice | ||
4. | resign (cognition) accept as inevitable | ||
Samples | He resigned himself to his fate. | ||
Synonyms | reconcile, submit | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accept | ||