0 to give up a job or position by telling your employer that you are leaving:
He resigned from the company in order to take a more challenging job.
She resigned as director.
She resigned the directorship.
After she had taken my rook, there was nothing I could really do except resign.
2 to say that you have decided to leave your job:
The prime minister announced that she will resign after the next election.
resign as sth He resigned as policy director to become deputy chief of staff.
resign from sth After the scandal, he was forced to resign from his government post.
resign over sth He has no intention of resigning over the issue.
resign your job/position/post She will resign her position as CEO of the company at the end of the year.
be asked to/forced to resign The previous director had just been forced to resign.
threaten to resign
3 to make yourself accept something that you do not like because you cannot change it:
While he's still a partner, he's resigned to writing off his investment.
As the company's financial problems worsened, several directors resigned.
He resigned from a high-profile job as economic adviser to the prime minister.
The statement excited new speculation that a senior minister may be about to resign.
In a television interview last night she denied she had any intention of resigning.
He resigned in 1925, however, because he suppor ted student demonstrations against an increase in the price of train tickets.
She resigned herself to adoption and also resigned from her university course.
There is also the specific case in which authors may have resigned from the author society, so specific agreements have to be found with them.
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