resign

Definitions


[rɪˈzʌɪn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- voluntarily leave a job or office
(e.g: he resigned from the company in protest of the treatment of his co-workers)

- accept that something undesirable cannot be avoided
(e.g: she resigned herself to a lengthy session)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French resigner, from Latin resignare ‘unseal, cancel’, from re- ‘back’ + signare ‘sign, seal’




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