| VERB | social | resign, vacate, renounce, give up | leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily |
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| social | resign, leave office, quit, step down | give up or retire from a position | |
| possession | resign, release, relinquish, free, give up | part with a possession or right | |
| cognition | resign, reconcile, submit | accept as inevitable |
| Sounds | rihzay'n; riysay'n; riyzay'n | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | affine ... wine: 145 rhymes with ayn... | |
| Meaning | Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" | |
| Synonyms | vacate, renounce, give up | |
| Narrower | abdicate, renounce | Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations |
| Broader | leave office, quit, step down, resign | Give up or retire from a position |
| Spanish | dimitir, renegar, renunciar, resignar | |
| Catalan | dimitir, renegar, renunciar | |
| Nouns | resignation | the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.) |
| Meaning | Give up or retire from a position. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" | |
| Synonyms | leave office, quit, step down | |
| Narrower | fall | Lose office or power |
| retire | go into retirement | |
| top out | Give up one's career just as one becomes very successful | |
| vacate, resign, renounce, give up | Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily | |
| Broader | leave, depart, pull up stakes | Remove oneself from an association with or participation in |
| Opposite | take office | assume an office, duty, or title |
| Spanish | dejar, dimitir, renunciar, resignar | |
| Catalan | dimitir | |
| Nouns | resignation | the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.) |
| resignation | a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign | |
| Meaning | Part with a possession or right. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Example | "resign a claim to the throne" | |
| Synonyms | release, relinquish, free, give up | |
| Narrower | derequisition | Release from government control |
| sacrifice, give | endure the loss of | |
| Broader | pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give | place into the hands or custody of |
| Spanish | liberar, renunciar | |
| Catalan | alliberar, deslliurar, renunciar | |
| Meaning | Accept as inevitable. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Example | "He resigned himself to his fate" | |
| Synonyms | reconcile, submit | |
| Broader | accept | Consider or hold as true |
| Spanish | reconciliar, resignarse | |
| Nouns | resignation | acceptance of despair |
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