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re·sign Listen to audio/rɪˈzaɪn/ verb
re·signs; re·signed; re·sign·ing
: to give up (a job or position) in a formal or official way [+ obj] The senator was forced to resign his position. [no obj] The newspaper's editor resigned after the scandal. He resigned from his job as principal of the school.
resign yourself
: to make yourself accept something that is bad or that cannot be changed — usually + to We resigned ourselves to the fact that we were going to lose the game. You don't have to resign yourself to doing a job that you don't enjoy.see also resigned to at resigned

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