resign

  • 31resign oneself to — index comply, endure (surfer) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 32resign yourself to something — reˈsign yourself to sth derived to accept sth unpleasant that cannot be changed or avoided • She resigned herself to her fate. • resign yourself to something doing sth We had to resign ourselves to making a loss on the sale. Main entry:… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 33resign from — phr verb Resign from is used with these nouns as the object: ↑appointment, ↑board, ↑company, ↑job, ↑office, ↑party …

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  • 34resign — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French resigner, from Latin resignare, literally, to unseal, cancel, from re + signare to sign, seal more at sign Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. relegate, consign; especially to give (oneself)… …

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  • 35resign — verb /ɹɪˈzʌɪn/ a) To give up or hand over (something to someone); to relinquish ownership of. And if the perfection of well speaking might bring any glorie sutable unto a great personage , Scipio and Lelius would never have resigned the honour of …

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  • 36resign — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abdicate, abjure, accede, accept, acknowledge defeat, acquiesce, assent, be agreeable, be pensioned, be superannuated, cease, cede, circulate, come across with, come off, comply, consent, cry quits, cut out,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 37resign — see SIGN …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 38resign — re·sign || rɪ zaɪn v. quit an office or position; relinquish, give up, abdicate; submit to, quietly accept …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 39resign — signer …

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  • 40resign —    to be dismissed from employment    The word is used by and of the employee to save face:     I worked as a personal secretary in London until I was fi... until I resigned. (Bradbury, 1976) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms