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Meaning of resign

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  resign
      v 1: 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" [syn:
           {vacate}, {resign}, {renounce}, {give up}]
      2: give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy
         will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over
         the financial scandal" [syn: {leave office}, {quit}, {step
         down}, {resign}] [ant: {take office}]
      3: part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my
         bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the
         throne" [syn: {release}, {relinquish}, {resign}, {free},
         {give up}]
      4: accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate" [syn:
         {resign}, {reconcile}, {submit}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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