📖 Definitions of "Resigning"
- 1
To sign again; to provide one's signature again.
- 2
(by extension) To sign a contract renewing or restarting a professional relationship, such as that of a professional athlete with a sports team.
- 1
To give up; to relinquish ownership of.
- 2
To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another.
- 3
To quit (a job or position).
"He resigned the crown to follow his heart."
- 4
To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable.
"After fighting for so long, she finally resigned to her death."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Resigning"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| give upverb | (transitive) To stop or quit (an activity, etc.) |
| renounceverb | (transitive) To give up, resign, surrender. |
| submitverb | (ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc. |
| vacateverb | To move out of a dwelling or other property, either by choice or by eviction. |
| reconcileverb | (ambitransitive) To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony. |
| defectionnoun | An act or incidence of defecting. |
| departingnoun | That is leaving. |
| leavingverb | a 2009 French film directed by Catherine Corsini, written by Corsini and Gaeelle Mace, and starring Sergi López, Kristin Scott Thomas and Yvan Attal. |
| outgoingnoun | Extroverted: talkative, friendly, and social, especially with respect to meeting new people easily and comfortably; outgiving. |
| quitsnoun | (colloquial, British) On equal monetary terms; neither owing or being owed. |
| quittingnoun | The termination of employment, initiated by the employee. |
| renouncingverb | (transitive) To give up, resign, surrender. |
| renunciationnoun | The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid. |
| resignationnoun | The act of resigning. |
| waiververb | (transitive) To waive (to relinquish, to forego). |
| retiringverb | retirement |
| renunciatenoun | One who has renounced. |
| disbandingnoun | A disbandment. |
| renunciatory | Serving to renounce; rebellious, contrary. |
| stepping downnoun | the act of abdicating |
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