1. To submit (oneself) passively; accept as inevitable: I resigned myself to a long wait in line.2. To give up (a position, for example), especially by formal notification. 3. To relinquish (a privilege, right, or claim). See synonyms at relinquish.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
To give up one's job or office; quit, especially by formal notification: resign from a board of directors.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English resignen, from Old French resigner, from Latin resignre, to unseal : re-, re- + signre, to seal (from signum, mark, seal; see sekw-1 in Appendix I).
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re, to unseal : re-, re- + sign
