The Wordsmith Dictionary

re |sig ¦nal |riːˈsɪgn (ə )l | ▶verb ( resignals, resignalling, resignalled; US resignals, resignaling, resignaled ) [ with obj. ] (often as noun resignalling ) equip (a railway line ) with new signal equipment.

resignation

res ig na tion |ˌrezigˈnāSHən ˌrɛzəɡˈneɪʃən | ▶noun 1 an act of retiring or giving up a position: he announced his resignation. • a document conveying someone's intention of retiring: I'm thinking of handing in my resignation. • Chess an act of ending a game by conceding defeat without being checkmated. 2 the acceptance of something undesirable but inevitable: a shrug of resignation. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin resignatio (n- ), from resignare ‘unseal, cancel ’ (see resign ).

resigned

Oxford Dictionary

resign

re ¦sign |rɪˈzʌɪn | ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] voluntarily leave a job or office: he resigned from the government in protest at the policy. • [ with obj. ] give up (an office, privilege, etc. ): four deputies resigned their seats. • Chess end a game by conceding defeat without being checkmated: he lost his Queen and resigned in 45 moves. 2 (resign oneself to ) accept that something undesirable cannot be avoided: she resigned herself to a lengthy session | he seems resigned to a shortened career. • archaic surrender oneself to another's guidance. DERIVATIVES resigner noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French resigner, from Latin resignare ‘unseal, cancel ’, from re- ‘back ’ + signare ‘sign, seal ’.

resignal

resignation

res ¦ig |na ¦tion |rɛzɪgˈneɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 an act of resigning from a job or office: he announced his resignation. • a document conveying someone's intention of resigning: I've handed in my resignation. • Chess an act of ending a game by conceding defeat without being checkmated. 2 [ mass noun ] the acceptance of something undesirable but inevitable: a shrug of resignation. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin resignatio (n- ), from resignare ‘unseal, cancel ’ (see resign ).

resigned

re ¦signed |rɪˈzʌɪnd | ▶adjective having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about: my response is a resigned shrug of the shoulders. DERIVATIVES resignedly adverb, resignedness noun

American Oxford Thesaurus

resign

resign verb 1 the executive director resigned: leave, hand in one's notice, give notice, stand down, step down; informal quit, jump ship. 2 three state senators resigned their seats: give up, leave, vacate, stand down from; informal quit, pack in. 3 he resigned his right to the title: renounce, relinquish, give up, abandon, surrender, forgo, cede; Law disclaim; literary forsake. 4 we resigned ourselves to a long wait: reconcile oneself to, become resigned to, come to terms with, accept.

resignation

resignation noun 1 his resignation from his post: departure, leaving, standing down, stepping down; informal quitting. 2 she handed in her resignation: notice, notice to quit, letter of resignation. 3 he accepted his fate with resignation: patience, forbearance, stoicism, fortitude, fatalism, acceptance, acquiescence, compliance, passivity.

resigned

resigned adjective he gave a resigned sigh: patient, long-suffering, uncomplaining, forbearing, stoical, philosophical, fatalistic, acquiescent, compliant, passive, submissive.

Oxford Thesaurus

resign

resign verb 1 the senior management resigned after the losses were announced: leave, go, hand in one's notice, give in one's notice, give notice, stand down, step down, bow out, walk out; informal quit, call it a day. 2 19 MPs resigned their parliamentary seats: give up, leave, vacate, stand down from, retire from; informal quit, pack in, jack in; archaic demit. ANTONYMS take up. 3 he had resigned his right to the title: renounce, relinquish, give up, abandon, surrender, forgo, cede, abdicate, sign away; Law disclaim; archaic forsake. ANTONYMS claim, assert, keep. 4 we resigned ourselves to a long wait: reconcile oneself to, become resigned to, become reconciled to, have no choice but to accept, come to terms with, learn to live with, get used to the idea of; give in to the inevitable, grin and bear it. ANTONYMS refuse to accept.

resignation

resignation noun 1 his resignation from his government post | the resignation of his ministerial portfolio: departure, leaving, standing down, stepping down, retirement; giving up, vacating, relinquishment, renunciation, surrender, abdication; informal quitting; archaic demission. 2 she toyed with the idea of handing in her resignation: notice, notice to quit, letter of resignation. 3 he confronted the indignities of old age with his usual resignation: patience, forbearance, tolerance, stoicism, endurance, fortitude, sufferance, lack of protest, lack of complaint, acceptance of the inevitable, fatalism, acceptance, acquiescence, compliance, passivity, passiveness, non-resistance, submission, docility, phlegm; rare longanimity. ANTONYMS resistance.

resigned

resigned adjective ‘What time? ’ he asked, with a resigned sigh: patient, long-suffering, uncomplaining, forbearing, tolerant, stoical, philosophical, unprotesting, reconciled, fatalistic; acquiescent, compliant, unresisting, non-resistant, passive, submissive, subdued, docile, phlegmatic; rare longanimous. ANTONYMS resistant.

Duden Dictionary

Resignation

Re si g na ti on , Re si gna ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Resignati o n |die Resignation; Genitiv: der Resignation, Plural: die Resignationen Plural selten (altfranzösisch resignacion < ) mittellateinisch resignatio = Verzicht, zu lateinisch resignare, resignieren das Resignieren, das Sichfügen in das unabänderlich Scheinende lähmende Resignation erfasste, erfüllte sie | aus Resignation angesichts der Realität, über die Realiät, vor der Realität | in Resignation versinken

resignativ

re si g na tiv , re si gna tiv Adjektiv bildungssprachlich |resignat i v |durch Resignation gekennzeichnet in resignativer Stimmung sein

resignieren

re si g nie ren , re si gnie ren schwaches Verb |resign ie ren |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « 14. Jahrhundert, < lateinisch resignare = entsiegeln; ungültig machen; verzichten, aus: re- = zurück und signare = mit einem Zeichen versehen aufgrund von Misserfolgen, Enttäuschungen o. Ä. seine Pläne aufgeben, darauf verzichten, sich entmutigt (mit etwas ) abfinden es gibt keinen Grund, jetzt zu resignieren

resigniert

re si g niert, re si gniert Adjektiv bildungssprachlich |resign ie rt |durch Resignation gekennzeichnet er wandte sich resigniert ab

French Dictionary

résignation

résignation n. f. nom féminin Soumission. : Il accepta cette nouvelle épreuve avec résignation. SYNONYME renoncement . FORME FAUTIVE résignation. Anglicisme au sens de démission.

résigné

résigné , ée adj. adjectif Qui accepte son sort sans protester, qui a renoncé à résister. : Un chômeur non résigné.

résigner

résigner v. tr. , pronom. littéraire Se démettre de ses fonctions en faveur de quelqu ’un. : Il a résigné ses fonctions, son emploi. verbe pronominal Se soumettre. : Ils se sont résignés à déménager. SYNONYME accepter ; consentir ; plier à ; résoudre à . Note Grammaticale À la forme pronominale, le participe passé de ce verbe s ’accorde toujours en genre et en nombre avec son sujet. Ils se sont résignés à ne pas exiger davantage. aimer

Spanish Dictionary

resignación

resignación nombre femenino Aceptación con paciencia y conformidad de una adversidad o de cualquier estado o situación perjudicial :ya no podemos hacer nada más, solo nos queda la resignación .

resignar

resignar verbo transitivo 1 Entregar [una autoridad ] el mando a otra en circunstancias excepcionales :el gobernador resignó el mando de la provincia en el capitán general; (fig ) la suerte estaba echada muchos movimientos antes de que Karpov resignara su rey .2 resignarse verbo pronominal Aceptar como irremediables un estado o situación molestos o perjudiciales, generalmente después de haber luchado para solucionarlos o evitarlos :finalmente, asumen resignados la idea de que “la enfermedad que acarrean los años es incurable ”; el Ejecutivo no se resigna a una mera tregua temporal de dos o tres meses, aunque sería considerada un importante paso adelante .SINÓNIMO conformarse .

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

resign

re sign /rɪzáɪn / (! -signは /zaɪn /) 〖re (…に反して )sign (署名する )〗(名 )resignation 動詞～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing (→分詞 resigned )他動詞 1 〈人が〉 (公式に )〈会社地位職など〉を辞職する , 辞任する , 退陣する , やめる (quit )▸ Mr. Kim had to resign his position as chairman .キム氏は会長職を辞任せざるをえなかった (!役職身分を表す補語は無冠詞 ) 2 ｟かたく｠〖～ oneself /be ～ed 〗〈人が〉 (やむをえず )【好ましくない事 (をすること )に】従う , 甘んじる (reconcile ) «to (do ing )» ▸ I had to resign myself to the fact that she was gone forever .彼女は二度と戻ってこないという事実を受け入れざるをえなかった ▸ She seemed resigned to her fate .彼女は自分の運命に従わざるをえないと思っているようだった 3 〈人が〉〈権利希望など〉を放棄する , 断念する ; ｟かたく｠ «…に » 〈人事〉を譲り渡す , ゆだねる «to » .自動詞〈人が〉 «…を » 辞職する , 辞任する , やめる «from , as » (→retire )▸ resign from the post [as prime minister ]その職から辞職する [首相の職を辞する ] (!asの後の名詞は無冠詞 )

resignation

res ig na tion /rèzɪɡnéɪʃ (ə )n /→resign 名詞複～s /-z /1 U «…(から )の » (正式な )辞任, 辞職 , 引退 «from , as » ; 〖形容詞的に〗辞任の, 辞職の ▸ a letter of resignation ≒a resignation letter 辞表 ▸ announce [offer ] one's resignation as coach コーチの辞任を発表する [申し出る ]▸ call for [demand ] A's resignation Aの退陣を要求する 2 C 辞表 ▸ hand in [tender ] one's resignation 辞表を提出する 3 U (仕方なくいやなことを )甘受すること , あきらめ ; «…に対する » 忍従 «to » ; (権利などの )放棄 , 断念 ▸ with a sigh of resignation あきらめのため息をついて

resigned

re s í gned 形容詞 1 (あきらめて )現状を受け入れた, 文句を言わない ; 〖通例be ～〗 «…を » あきらめている, 観念している «to » .2 退職した .～ly 副詞あきらめたように .