resign, reconcile, submit
(verb) accept as inevitable; “He resigned himself to his fate”
release, relinquish, resign, free, give up
(verb) part with a possession or right; “I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest”; “resign a claim to the throne”
vacate, resign, renounce, give up
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
resign (third-person singular simple present resigns, present participle resigning, simple past and past participle resigned)
(transitive) To give up; to relinquish ownership of. [from 14th c.]
(transitive) To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another.
(transitive or intransitive) To quit (a job or position). [from 14th c.]
(transitive or intransitive) To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable. [from 15th c.]
• quit
resign (third-person singular simple present resigns, present participle resigning, simple past and past participle resigned)
(proscribed) Alternative spelling of re-sign
The spelling without the hyphen results in a heteronym and is usually avoided.
• Greins, Negris, Singer, nigres, re-nigs, reigns, renigs, resing, ringes, signer, singer
Source: Wiktionary
Re-sign" (r-sn"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + sign.]
Definition: To affix one's signature to, a second time; to sign again.
Re*sign" (r-zn"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resigned (-znd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Resigning.] Etym: [F. résigner, L. resignare to unseal, annul, assign, resign; pref. re- re- + signare to seal, stamp. See Sign, and cf. Resignation.]
1. To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; -- said of the wishes or will, or of something valued; -- also often used reflexively. I here resign my government to thee. Shak. Lament not, Eve, but patiently resign What justly thou hast lost. Milton. What more reasonable, than that we should in all things resign up ourselves to the will of God Tiilotson.
2. To relinquish; to abandon. He soon resigned his former suit. Spenser.
3. To commit to the care of; to consign. [Obs.] Gentlement of quality have been sent beyong the seas, resigned and concredited to the conduct of such as they call governors. Evelyn.
Syn.
– To abdicate; surrender; submit; leave; relinquish; forego; quit; forsake; abandon; renounce.
– Resign, Relinquish. To resign is to give up, as if breaking a seal and yielding all it had secured; hence, it marks a formal and deliberate surrender. To relinquish is less formal, but always implies abandonment and that the thing given up has been long an object of pursuit, and, usually, that it has been prized and desired. We resign what we once held or considered as our own, as an office, employment, etc. We speak of relinquishing a claim, of relinquishing some advantage we had sought or enjoyed, of relinquishing seme right, privilege, etc. "Men are weary with the toil which they bear, but can not find it in their hearts to relinquish it." Steele. See Abdicate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
