Antonyms for resign


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ri-zahyn
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈzaɪn


Definition of resign

Origin :
  • late 14c., "give up, surrender, abandon, submit; relinquish," from Old French resigner "renounce, relinquish" (13c.), from Latin resignare "to check off, annul, cancel, give back, give up," from re- "opposite" (see re-) + signare "to make an entry in an account book," literally "to mark" (see sign (v.)).
  • The sense is of making an entry (signum) "opposite" -- on the credit side -- balancing the former mark and thus canceling the claim it represents. The specific meaning of "give up a position" is first recorded late 14c. Sense of "to give (oneself) up to some emotion or situation" is from 1718. Related: Resigned; resigning.
  • verb give up responsibility
Example sentences :
  • He could resign himself to his reveries, and pursue them into new subtleties day by day.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Besides, Mr. Morgan offered to resign his seat in the House of Commons in his favor.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • George felt that if he would hold one he must resign the other.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • Mortimer was to be asked to resign his position as soon as his place in the bank could be filled.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • But now that she was unable to move, she must resign herself and accept her fate.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • To Him I resign myself, and the just cause which is entrusted to me to defend.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • I will resign it; for ever I will resign it: and the resignation must be good, because I will never marry at all.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • I thought he was too keen on money to resign because his silly pride was hurt.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • I will not resign; the king is with us; our strength shall be known.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • I was obliged to resign Berenice to the care of her attendants.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Synonyms for resign

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