as in to abdicate
to give up (as a position of authority) formally
following the election, the incumbent cabinet members resigned their positions so the president could feel free to pick a new administration
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as in to leave
to give up (a job or office)
resigned from the company after the news broke that he had been falsifying financial statements for years
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as in passive
receiving or enduring without offering resistance
I am resigned to the fact that I'll never make the list of the 400 richest Americans
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as in relinquished
to give up (as a position of authority) formally
following the election, the incumbent cabinet members resigned their positions so the president could feel free to pick a new administration
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Recent Examples of resign
Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Zandanshatar, who is close to the president, had replaced Oyun-Erdene, who was prime minister for four years before resigning last June after losing a vote of confidence in parliament.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
Just 14 yards on resigned run plays were, however, according to Pro Football Focus.
—Oliver Thomas, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad, who is seen as the potential political heir of 80-year-old President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has resigned, according to a decision published in Brazil’s official gazette Friday.
—ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
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Verb
Orland High School District 230 board member Mohammed Jaber has resigned from the school board, citing resistance to his proposal to add Arabic as a world language in the district’s curriculum.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Zandanshatar, who is close to the president, had replaced Oyun-Erdene, who was prime minister for four years before resigning last June after losing a vote of confidence in parliament.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
But there is a weariness here, too, a resigned cynicism that carries the film into its second act, which zooms ahead some 15 years and finds Perfidia’s child, Willa (Chase Infiniti), now a teenager living in hiding with her father, Bob.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
Just 14 yards on resigned run plays were, however, according to Pro Football Focus.
—Oliver Thomas, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Verb
About that… Since then, Tate left for the same position at Rutgers and Woodward resigned after the Louisiana governor publicly filleted him, saying that Woodward would not be in charge of selecting the next head football coach at LSU after firing Brian Kelly and owing him an enormous buyout.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad, who is seen as the potential political heir of 80-year-old President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has resigned, according to a decision published in Brazil’s official gazette Friday.
—ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resign
Adjective
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The number appears in studies and policy briefs with clinical neutrality, as if time were a passive variable in a complex system.—
Sarah Berg,
STAT,
26 Mar. 2026
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The passive isolation is fair, providing the earbuds with a strong foundation for ANC.—
Mark Knapp,
PC Magazine,
26 Mar. 2026
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Her son, Navaraj, is obedient and dutiful.—
Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz,
The Conversation,
24 Mar. 2026
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Tariffs could be 'hard sell' in election year How obedient will the congressional GOP be to Trump in an election year?—
Justin Papp,
CNBC,
23 Feb. 2026
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The farmworkers' rights movement has always been powered by courage, by people willing to endure, to speak out, to demand dignity in the face of injustice.—
Luzdelia Caballero,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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And parents were generally more willing to let kids do things by themselves, not only play outside but also help out in the community.—
Stephen Johnson,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Trump and his top aides have been inconsistent in their messaging on their goals for the war, vacillating between calls for regime change and far shorter ambitions, such as an Islamic Republic that remains in power under leadership more acquiescent to the United States.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Don’t ask the Constitution to tame a reckless president supported by a cravenly acquiescent Congress.—
Clive Crook,
Twin Cities,
25 Feb. 2026
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And even as his father stood stoic on the sideline, the arena felt the emotional weight of the moment.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
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And center Jake Slaughter was, well, as stoic as the All-American has ever been.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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Those who have already made the landscaping switch to drought-tolerant plants will find this goal much easier.—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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Ted Rosenberg quit teaching geriatric medicine after 30 years because his employer, the University of British Columbia, was too tolerant.—
Jesse Brown,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2026
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The prospect of higher interest rates as a result of the war could boost government bonds among investors, at the expense of non-yielding precious metals, market strategists told CNBC recently.—
Joseph Wilkins,Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
23 Mar. 2026
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Golden Steer wet-ages its meat, which softens the fibers, perhaps too much: my sixteen-ounce Shorthorn (the menu’s term for a New York strip) was as yielding as a filet mignon—disconcerting, not delightful—and, upon slicing, left a puddle of diluted jus on the plate.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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