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re·sign (rĭ-zīn’)

v., -signed, -sign·ing, -signs.

v.tr.
To submit (oneself) passively; accept as inevitable: I resigned myself to a long wait in line.
To give up (a position, for example), especially by formal notification.
To relinquish (a privilege, right, or claim).

v.intr.

To give up one’s job or office; quit, especially by formal notification: resign from a board of directors.

[Middle English resignen, from Old French resigner, from Latin resignāre, to unseal : re-, re- + signāre, to seal (from signum, mark, seal).]

re·sign’er n.

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