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    resign
    re‧sign W3 /rɪˈzaɪn/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
     Date: 1300-1400
     Language: Old French
     Origin: resigner, from Latin resignare 'to unseal, cancel, give back', from signare; ⇨ sign2
    1. to officially announce that you have decided to leave your job or an organization ⇨ quit
        resign from
        She resigned from the government last week.
        resign as
        He resigned as Governor of Punjab in August.
        resign your post/seat/position etc
        Tom has since resigned his membership of the golf club.
    2. resign yourself to (doing) something to make yourself accept something that is bad but cannot be changed ⇨ resigned:
        Josh resigned himself to the long walk home.
        At sixteen, I resigned myself to the fact that I’d never be a dancer.
         
    COLLOCATIONS
    ■ nouns
       ▪ resign your post/position/office He later resigned his post as Minister of Energy.
       ▪ resign your seat (=announce that you will no longer be a member of a parliament, be on a committee etc) A majority of voters think he should resign his seat in Congress.
       ▪ resign the presidency Richard Nixon resigned the presidency in 1974.
       ▪ resign your chairmanship Mr Hunt announced that he has resigned his chairmanship of the committee.
       ▪ resign your membership He recently resigned his membership of the National Rifle Association.
         
    THESAURUS
    ■ leave your job
       ▪ leave: I left my last job because the salary was so low. | Why don’t you just leave?
       ▪ quit to leave your job permanently because you are not happy with it: After enduring months of harassment, Mrs Collins decided to quit her job. | I’ve told them I’m quitting.
       ▪ resign to officially announce that you have decided to leave your job: The company director was forced to resign over the scandal.
       ▪ hand in your notice/resignation to write an official letter to your employer saying that you are going to leave your job on a particular date: You have to hand in your notice at least four weeks before you leave.
       ▪ retire to leave your job in order to stop working permanently, usually because you have reached the age when most people stop working: After forty years of working for the bank, Karl retired in May. | He had to retire because of ill health.