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Resigned Resign Verb Job Position Formally Announce Leaving

word resign
definition
verb
If you resign from a job or position, you formally announce that you are leaving it.
A hospital administrator has resigned over claims he lied to get the job.
Mr Robb resigned his position last month.
If you resign yourself to an unpleasant situation or fact, you accept it because you realize that you cannot change it.
Pat and I resigned ourselves to yet another summer without a boat.
He had resigned himself to watching the European Championships on television.
inflections resignsresigningresigned
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