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| re·sign [ ri zn ] (past and past participle re·signed, present participle re·sign·ing, 3rd person present singular re·signs) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb leave job: to give up a paid or unpaid position voluntarily
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2. re·sign your·self vr accept something reluctantly: to come to terms with something and acquiesce in it reluctantly
 He resigned himself to giving up work.
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3. transitive verb relinquish claim: to give up a right or claim to something
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| [14th century. Via French< Latin resignare "unseal, cancel, give back" < signare "to seal" < signum "mark"] |
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 re·signed adjective |
 re·sign·er noun |
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