verb
- Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily.
- usage: "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
- Give up or retire from a position.
- usage: "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
- synonyms: leave office, quit, step down
- Part with a possession or right.
- usage: "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
- synonyms: release, relinquish, free, give up
- Accept as inevitable.
- usage: "He resigned himself to his fate"
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