to resign oneself to
11be resigned or resign oneself to — accept that something undesirable cannot be avoided. → resign …
12resign — /rəˈzaɪn / (say ruh zuyn) verb (i) 1. (sometimes followed by from) to give up an office or position. 2. to submit; yield. –verb (t) 3. to give up (an office, position, etc.) formally. 4. to relinquish, as a right or claim. 5. to submit (oneself,… …
13resign — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To relinquish] Syn. surrender, capitulate, give up; see abandon 1 , yield 1 . 2. [To leave one s employment] Syn. quit, leave, retire, step down, drop out, stand down, stand aside, end one s services, walk out, hand in one s …
14resign — verb 1》 voluntarily leave a job or position of office. 2》 (be resigned or resign oneself to) accept that something undesirable cannot be avoided. 3》 archaic surrender oneself to another s guidance. Derivatives resigned adjective resignedly adverb …
15resign — v 1.(usu. in reference to office or position) abdicate, renounce, give up, Law. disclaim, lay down, part with, retire from, vacate, abnegate, Chiefly Scot. demit; relinquish, let go, deliver up, hand over, transfer, turn over; surrender, submit,… …
16resign — verb 1) the manager resigned Syn: leave, give notice, stand down, step down; informal quit 2) 19 MPs resigned their seats Syn: give up, leave, vacate, stand down from; informal quit, pack in …
17resign — [v] give up responsibility abandon, abdicate, bail out, bow out, capitulate, cease work, cede, demit, divorce oneself from, drop, drop out, end service, fold, forgo, forsake, give notice, give up the ship*, hand in resignation, hand over, hang it …
18resign — I verb abandon, abdicate, abire, abjure, capitulate, cease work, cede, cedere, demit, depart, deponere, desist from, disclaim, divest oneself of, drop out, forego, forsake, give notice, give up, leave, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce,… …
19resign — (v.) late 14c., from O.Fr. resigner, from L. resignare to check off, cancel, give up, from re opposite (see RE (Cf. re )) + signare to make an entry in an account book, lit. to mark (see SIGN (Cf. sign)). The sense is of making an entry (signum) …
20resign — /ri zuyn /, v.i. 1. to give up an office or position, often formally (often fol. by from): to resign from the presidency. 2. to submit; yield: to resign before the inevitable. v.t. 3. to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally. 4. to… …
