Topic: EMPLOYMENT
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | resigner, from Latin resignare 'to unseal, cancel, give back', from signare; SIGN2 |
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re‧sign W3
[intransitive and transitive]
[intransitive and transitive]1BE to officially announce that you have decided to leave your job or an organization [↪ quit]
2 to make yourself accept something that is bad but cannot be changed [↪ resigned]: 
Josh resigned himself to the long walk home.At sixteen, I resigned myself to the fact that I'd never be a dancer.
resign yourself to (doing) something
Josh resigned himself to the long walk home.At sixteen, I resigned myself to the fact that I'd never be a dancer.