Synonyms of resign

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verb (1)

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abdicate
• relinquish
• renounce
• cede
• surrender
• deny
• vacate
• waive
• step down (from)
• step aside (from)
• abnegate
• abandon
• disown
• disavow
• demit
• forsake
• abjure
• disclaim
• quit
• yield
• hand over
• give up
• desert

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assume
• claim
• appropriate
• protect
• seize
• confiscate
• defend
• take over
• arrogate
• secure
• usurp
• guard
• safeguard
• wrest

resign (from)

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verb (2)

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leave
• retire (from)
• quit
• give notice
• step aside (from)
• step down (from)
• chuck
• abandon
• vacate
• bag
• throw up
• drop out (of)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stay (at)
• hire (out or on)

resigned

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adjective

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• passive
• obedient
• willing
• acquiescent
• stoic
• tolerant
• tolerating
• yielding
• nonresistant
• stoical
• surrendering
• subordinate
• patient
• compliant
• unresistant
• docile
• uncomplaining
• complying
• impassive
• forbearing
• conformist
• submissive
• pliant
• conformable
• long-suffering
• amiable
• pliable
• tractable
• amenable
• subservient
• agreeable
• obliging
• apathetic
• unresponsive
• uncaring
• manageable
• disciplined
• obeisant
• governable
• guidable
• law-abiding
• slavish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protesting
• resistant
• resisting
• defiant
• unyielding
• uncontrollable
• contrary
• mutinous
• rebellious
• intractable
• insubordinate
• contumacious
• restive
• refractory
• disobedient
• recalcitrant
• ungovernable
• unruly
• wilful
• insurgent
• wayward
• willful
• balky
• wrongheaded
• perverse
• headstrong
• indomitable
• untoward
• undisciplined
• unmanageable
• dissident
• incompliant
• froward
• nonconformist

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verb (3)

past tense of resign

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relinquished
• abdicated
• renounced
• ceded
• denied
• surrendered
• vacated
• stepped down (from)
• waived
• stepped aside (from)
• disavowed
• abnegated
• abandoned
• disowned
• quitted
• disclaimed
• demitted
• forsook
• abjured
• deserted
• handed over
• quit
• gave up
• yielded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assumed
• claimed
• appropriated
• confiscated
• seized
• took over
• protected
• secured
• arrogated
• defended
• usurped
• guarded
• wrested
• safeguarded

Phrases Containing resign

• resign (from)