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Synonyms for resign
rɪˈzaɪnre·sign

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. resign

    Abandon is a word of wide signification, applying to persons or things of any kind; abdicate and resign apply to office, authority, or power; cede to territorial possessions; surrender especially to military force, and more generally to any demand, claim, passion, etc. Quit carries an idea of suddenness or abruptness not necessarily implied in abandon, and may not have the same suggestion of finality. The king abdicates his throne, cedes his territory, deserts his followers, renounces his religion, relinquishes his titles, abandons his designs. A cowardly officer deserts his ship; the helpless passengers abandon it. We quit business, give up property, resign office, abandon a habit or a trust. Relinquish commonly implies reluctance; the fainting hand relinquishes its grasp; the creditor relinquishes his claim. Abandon implies previous association with responsibility for or control of; forsake implies previous association with inclination or attachment, real or assumed; a man may abandon or forsake house or friends; he abandons an enterprise; forsakes God. Abandon is applied to both good and evil action; a thief abandons his designs, a man his principles. Forsake, like abandon, may be used either in the favorable or unfavorable sense; desert is always unfavorable, involving a breach of duty, except when used of mere localities; as, "the Deserted Village." While a monarch abdicates, a president or other elected or appointed officer resigns. It was held that James II. abdicated his throne by deserting it.

    Synonyms:
    abandon, abdicate, abjure, cast off, cease, cede, depart from, desert, discontinue, forego, forsake, forswear, give up, leave, quit, recant, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, retire from, retract, surrender, vacate, withdraw from

    Antonyms:
    adopt, advocate, assert, cherish, claim, court, defend, favor, haunt, hold, keep, maintain, occupy, prosecute, protect, pursue, retain, seek, support, undertake, uphold, vindicate

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  1. resign

    Synonyms:
    surrender, abandon, return, withdraw, abdicate, submit, leave, relinquish, forego, renounce

    Antonyms:
    retain, claim, appropriate, vindicate, grasp

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. vacate, resign, renounce, give upverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    empty, allow, abandon, forfeit, abdicate, cede, annul, release, forgo, spare, kick, throw in, lift, surrender, stop, fall by the wayside, rescind, lay off, waive, throw overboard, reconcile, disown, throw in the towel, give up, overturn, repeal, leave office, repudiate, relinquish, step down, deliver, cease, chuck up the sponge, renounce, reverse, discontinue, revoke, drop out, free, submit, part with, vacate, forego, quit, dispense with, countermand, foreswear, drop by the wayside

  2. leave office, quit, step down, resignverb

    give up or retire from a position

    "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"

    Synonyms:
    drop by the wayside, submit, quit, foreswear, de-escalate, chuck up the sponge, leave office, fall by the wayside, throw in, vacate, lay off, discontinue, drop out, step down, take leave, renounce, weaken, give up, release, cease, depart, relinquish, stop, reconcile, throw in the towel, free

  3. release, relinquish, resign, free, give upverb

    part with a possession or right

    "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"

    Synonyms:
    unloosen, unfreeze, allow, unloose, abandon, drop by the wayside, expel, vacate, cede, free, release, forgo, stop, drop out, unblock, rid, kick, exhaust, liberate, publish, surrender, disembarrass, fall by the wayside, lay off, waive, put out, reconcile, let go of, dispense with, exempt, give up, throw overboard, forfeit, justify, absolve, leave office, spare, relieve, secrete, relinquish, throw in the towel, deliver, cease, let go, renounce, dislodge, bring out, discontinue, discharge, issue, step down, chuck up the sponge, submit, disengage, turn, eject, part with, throw in, forego, quit, foreswear, loose

  4. resign, reconcile, submitverb

    accept as inevitable

    "He resigned himself to his fate"

    Synonyms:
    defer, conciliate, harmonize, quit, bow, state, relegate, accede, leave office, subject, vacate, render, settle, free, submit, posit, renounce, put forward, give up, step down, release, pass on, present, give in, relinquish, put in, make up, reconcile, patch up, accommodate, harmonise, take

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. resignverb

    Synonyms:
    yield, surrender, relinquish, abdicate, forego, abandon, cede, give up, deliver up, throw up, part with, lay down

  2. resignverb

    Synonyms:
    abdicate, relinquish office

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. resignverb

    Synonyms:
    demit, abdicate, withdraw, surrender, relinquish, submit

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "resign":

    resignation, resigns, quit, quits, resigning

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How to use resign in a sentence?

  1. John Stankey:

    Jeff resigned and the decision to resign was Jeff’s decision. It was an unfortunate set of circumstances… these are the hardest decisions, they’re always difficult anytime you get involved in a personal situation and I know Jeff had a tremendous following within CNN and there are people who are incredibly loyal and supportive of him. That makes it hard for those individuals, squawk Box.

  2. Greek Economy Minister George Stathakis:

    If it were me I would resign.

  3. David Bowers:

    I know there have been calls for me to resign over this incident. I know council members have received those calls as well, i hope and pray that you, my fellow council members, and the Roanoke community will accept my genuine and heartfelt apology.

  4. Eric Swalwell:

    You can be the President's defense attorney or America's Attorney General, but you can't be both, he came to this job already biased. Today, he made a show of allegiance to the President over The American people by declaring' no collusion' and excusing the President on the basis of his emotional state. He has proved that he's an embedded Donald Trump ally who puts this President's political future above of the rule of law. That makes him unfit to serve. He must resign.

  5. Desmond Howard:

    He got pressure from administration to resign and the whole thing was messed up, bo was out of town and it wouldn't have happened if Bo was in town because he was that powerful, and no one would have overruled him.


Translations for resign

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  • استقالArabic
  • odstoupit, rezignovatCzech
  • kündigen, zurücktretenGerman
  • παραιτούμαιGreek
  • rezigniEsperanto
  • renunciar, resignarse, dimitirSpanish
  • erotaFinnish
  • démissionner, résigner, se faire une raisonFrench
  • התפטרHebrew
  • त्यागपत्र देना, पदत्यागHindi
  • lemondHungarian
  • [[հրաժարական]] [[տալ]]Armenian
  • rinunciare, darla su, rassegnarsi, rassegnare, dimettersiItalian
  • 辞職, 辞任, 辞めるJapanese
  • უარის თქმაGeorgian
  • 포기하다, 사임하다Korean
  • rīhaina, tukuMāori
  • meletak jawatanMalay
  • ontslag nemenDutch
  • gi opp, si opp, resignere, gå avNorwegian
  • rezygnowaćPolish
  • resignar, demitir-se, renunciar, [[desligar]]-[[se]]Portuguese
  • [[отка́зываться]] [[от]] [[должность, уво́литься, увольня́ться, [[бро́сить]] [[работа, [[уходи́ть]] в [[отставкаRussian
  • avgåSwedish
  • ராஜினாமாTamil
  • istifa etmekTurkish
  • Từ chứcVietnamese
  • 辞职Chinese

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