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 re·sign /rɪˈzaɪn/
 (vt.)放棄,辭去;把…交託給;使順從(vi.)辭職

 Re·sign v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resigned p. pr. & vb. n. Resigning.]
 1. To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; -- said of the wishes or will, or of something valued; -- also often used reflexively.
    I here resign my government to thee.   --Shak.
 Lament not, Eve, but patiently resign
 What justly thou hast lost.   --Milton.
    What more reasonable, than that we should in all things resign up ourselves to the will of God?   --Tiilotson.
 2. To relinquish; to abandon.
    He soon resigned his former suit.   --Spenser.
 3. To commit to the care of; to consign. [Obs.]
    Gentlement of quality have been sent beyong the seas, resigned and concredited to the conduct of such as they call governors.   --Evelyn.
 Syn: -- To abdicate; surrender; submit; leave; relinquish; forego; quit; forsake; abandon; renounce.
 Usage: -- Resign, Relinquish. To resign is to give up, as if breaking a seal and yielding all it had secured; hence, it marks a formal and deliberate surrender. To relinquish is less formal, but always implies abandonment and that the thing given up has been long an object of pursuit, and, usually, that it has been prized and desired. We resign what we once held or considered as our own, as an office, employment, etc. We speak of relinquishing a claim, of relinquishing some advantage we had sought or enjoyed, of relinquishing seme right, privilege, etc. “Men are weary with the toil which they bear, but can not find it in their hearts to relinquish it.” --Steele. See Abdicate.
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 resign
      v 1: leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She
           vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The
           chairman resigned when he was found to have
           misappropriated funds" [syn: vacate, renounce, give
           up]
      2: give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary fo the
         Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned
         over the financial scandal" [syn: leave office, quit,
         step down] [ant: take office]
      3: part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my
         bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to
         the throne" [syn: release, relinquish, free, give
         up]
      4: accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"
         [syn: reconcile, submit]