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1. Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
   "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds";
   - vacate, renounce, give up
    
2. Give up or retire from a position
   "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal";
   - leave office, quit, step down
    
3. Part with a possession or right
   "resign a claim to the throne";
   - release, relinquish, free, give up
    
4. Accept as inevitable
   "He resigned himself to his fate";
   - reconcile, submit

Derived forms: resigns, resigned, resigning

Type of: accept, depart, give, hand, leave, pass, pass on, pull up stakes, reach, turn over

Antonym: take office

Encyclopedia: Resign