resign :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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Verbs (12)

v. accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"

v. 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"

leave office, quit, step down

v. give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"

release, relinquish, free, give up

v. part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"

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Fuzzynyms (50)

assent, accede, acquiesce

v. to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore"

deliver, drive home

v. carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left"

surrender, relinquish

v. relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another

foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish

v. turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"

concede, yield, cede, grant

v. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

abandon, give up

v. give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"

leave, depart, pull up stakes

v. remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"

deliver, drive home

v. carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left"

unclutter, clear

v. rid of obstructions; "Clear your desk"

abandon, give up

v. give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"

hold on, stop

v. stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"

delete, cancel

v. remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"

exit, go out, get out, leave

v. move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"

reject

v. refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"

convey, transmit, communicate

v. transfer to another; "communicate a disease"

transfer

v. move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"

forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego

v. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"

bail

v. remove (water) from a vessel with a container

deliver, drive home

v. carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left"

give way, yield

v. end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

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Antonyms (1)

take office

v. assume an office, duty, or title; "When will the new President take office?"

pleasant-tasting > s > insalubrious > needless > distressing > sharp > quinquefoliate > resign

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