resign
[verb]
Synonyms:
- quit, abdicate, give in one's notice, leave, step down (informal), vacate
- give up, abandon, forgo, forsake, relinquish, renounce, surrender, yield
- resign oneself: accept, acquiesce, give in, submit, succumb, yield

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English Thesaurus: leave, quit, resign, hand in your notice/resignation, retire, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

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.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

resign
verb
ADV. formally
VERB + RESIGN be forced to, be obliged to, have to He was forced to resign due to ill health.
intend to | offer to, threaten to The minister offered to resign after his affair became public. Two MPs threatened to resign if the government did not agree to examine this case.
decide to | refuse to | call on sb to They called on her to resign as chief executive.
PREP. as He resigned as chairman.
from She formally resigned from the government.
over Three members of the committee resigned over the issue.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

resign

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.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

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.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

leave:
Just as I was leaving the house, the phone rang.
We left early to avoid the traffic.
go especially spoken to leave somewhere:
Come on, boys, it’s time to go.
When does the next bus go?
set off especially British English to leave somewhere and begin a journey:
The following day we set off for Vienna.
take off if a plane takes off, it leaves the ground at the beginning of a flight:
Our plane took off late because of the fog.
emigrate to leave your own country in order to live permanently in another country:
In 2002, his family emigrated to New Zealand.
depart formal to leave – used especially about trains, buses, planes etc:
Coaches depart for the airport every 30 minutes.
graduate to successfully finish your studies at a college or university, or at an American high school:
Kelly graduated from Harvard with a degree in East Asian Studies.
Approximately 80% of Americans graduate from high school.
drop out to leave school, college, or university before your course of study has finished, because you do not want to continue with it:
I failed my first year exams and decided to drop out and get a job.
quit American English to leave school without finishing your course of study:
He quit school at fourteen to work and help support his family.
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.
annual leave (=an amount of time that you are allowed away from work for holidays etc)
Annual leave is 22 days plus public holidays.
maternity leave (=time that a mother is allowed away from work to have and take care of a new baby)
Two teachers were off on maternity leave.
paternity leave (=time that a father is allowed away from work to take care of a new baby)
He got five days’ paternity leave.
parental leave (=time that a parent is allowed away from work to take care of a child)
Parental leave is often unpaid.
sick leave (also medical leave American English) (=time that you are allowed away from work because you are ill)
The form must be filled in as soon as you return from sick leave.
compassionate leave (=time that you are allowed away from work because someone in your family is very ill or has died)
Eileen was given compassionate leave to go to the funeral.
paid/unpaid leave
She took three days unpaid leave in order to help her daughter.
home leave (=time that you are allowed to spend at home from a job that is far away, for example in the army, or from prison)
Roberts had failed to return from home leave, and there was a warrant out for his arrest.
shore leave (=time that a sailor is allowed to spend on land and away from work)
Hong Kong was a popular place for shore leave.
special leave (=time that you are allowed away from work for a special reason)
Some firms grant special leave when you move house.
study leave British English (=time that you are allowed away from work because you are taking a course)
The company offers study leave for staff development.
sabbatical leave (=time that a teacher is allowed away from work to study or travel)
Headteachers can take sabbatical leave every five years.
indefinite leave (=leave without a time limit)
She has gone on indefinite leave, suffering from exhaustion.
leave entitlement (=the amount of time that you are allowed to spend away from work on holidays etc)
The normal paid leave entitlement is 20 days.
have/get leave
How much annual leave do you get?
be entitled to leave (=be allowed to have as leave)
After five years, employees are entitled to 25 days’ leave.
go on leave (=start your time away from work)
I’ll get the report to you before you go on leave.
take leave (=use the time you are allowed)
I don’t think I’ll be able to take any leave in January because we’re too busy.
use (up) leave
I used all my leave in the summertime.
give/grant somebody leave
He was given compassionate leave.
cancel sb’s leave (=stop people taking leave)
The Police Department cancelled all leave because of the emergency.
vacation especially American English, holiday especially British English time you spend away from school or work:
Are you taking a vacation this summer?
We met on holiday in Cyprus.
What are you doing in the school holidays?
holiday a day that is set by law, when no one has to go to work or school:
the Thanksgiving holiday
New Year's Day is a national holiday.
In 2002, there was an extra public holiday to mark the Queen's golden jubilee.
the August bank holiday (=day when all the banks and shops are closed – used in British English)
break a time when you stop working or studying in order to rest, or a short vacation from school:
a ten-minute coffee break
Lots of college kids come to the beaches during the spring break.
sabbatical [usually singular] a period when someone, especially a teacher, stops doing their usual work in order to study or travel:
She was on sabbatical for six months.
I'm thinking of taking a sabbatical.
furlough a period of time when a soldier or someone working in another country can return to their own country as a holiday:
While on furlough, he and his girlfriend got married.
R & R (rest and relaxation) a holiday, especially one given to people in the army, navy etc after a long period of hard work or during a war:
Soldiers in Vietnam were taken to Hawaii for R & R.

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