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/riˈzīn/,
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resigned, past participle; resigned, past tense; resigns, 3rd person singular present; resigning, present participle;
  1. Voluntarily leave a job or other position
    • - he resigned from the government in protest at the policy
  2. Give up (an office, power, privilege, etc.)
    • - four deputies resigned their seats
  3. End a game by conceding defeat without being checkmated
    • - he lost his queen and resigned in 45 moves
  4. Accept that something undesirable cannot be avoided
    • - he seems resigned to a shortened career
    • - she resigned herself to a lengthy session
  5. Surrender oneself to another's guidance
    • - he vows to resign himself to her direction
  1. 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"
  2. 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"
  3. release: part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
  4. accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"
  5. (resignation) acceptance of despair
  6. (resignation) the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.)
  7. This page explains commonly used terms in chess in alphabetical order. Some of these have their own pages, like fork and pin. ...
  8. (Resignation (Friedrich Schiller)) Resignation was a poem by Friedrich Schiller, published in 1786 in the journal Thalia.
  9. (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. ...
  10. (Resigns) A resignation is the formal act of giving up or quitting one's office or position. It can also refer to the act of admitting defeat in a game like chess, indicated by the resigning player declaring "I resign", turning his king on its side, extending his hand, or stopping the chess ...
  11. (The Resignation) The Resignation is the fourth full length release from Californian ska punk band Rx Bandits. It peaked at #148 on the Billboard 200.
  12. To give up or hand over (something to someone); to relinquish ownership of. [from 14th c.]; To quit (a job or position). [from 14th c.]; To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable. [from 15th c.]
  13. (resignation) the act of resigning; a written or oral declaration that one resigns; state of uncomplaining, utter frustration
  14. (Resignation) The voluntary separation of an employee.
  15. (RESIGNATION) A formal notice, usually written, relinquishing an office, a position, or membership in an organization.
  16. (RESIGNATION) Abandoning a commitment or hope
  17. (RESIGNATION) Officers in volunteer regiments held commissions from their Governor. Officers were allowed to resign their commissions if they no longer wished to serve. ...
  18. (Resignation) 1) A truce with ourselves in order to give us time to bury our living. 2) Pride walling itself up. 3) To keep shop without a show-window. 4) To go to sleep in the lap of the inevitable. ...
  19. (Resignation) In this situation, all of your units will become neutral and you will no longer be in control of them.
  20. (Resignation) To stop working for a company by writing a letter of intent explaining reasons for decision to cease the relevant contact of employment.
  21. (resignation) Conceding defeat; which a player may do at any stage before a terminal position is reached. To cover the case when a player simply walks out, or fails to post a reply, a time limit needs to be specified after which he cannnot return to resume the game. ...
  22. Resignation is the act of officially ending your enrollment in ALL of your courses after the semester has begun. ...
  23. (Resigned) Those listed as resigned may not practice law in California. Their resignation has been accepted by the California Supreme Court and may be entirely voluntary or may have been submitted with disciplinary charges pending.
  24. (resigned) behind, declined, mind
  25. (Re-signing) Moore good news for Port