MEANING
1. To accept an unwelcome situation as something you cannot change.
2. To formally give up a job, office, or position.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- resign oneself to a delay
- resign oneself to fate
On the page
She resigned herself to another night in the station.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- resign
- Past tense
- resigned
- Past participle
- resigned
- Present participle
- resigning
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- resign
- Present continuous
- am/is/are resigning
- Present perfect
- have/has resigned
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been resigning
- Past
- resigned
- Past continuous
- was/were resigning
- Past perfect
- had resigned
- Past perfect continuous
- had been resigning
- Future
- will resign
- Future continuous
- will be resigning
- Future perfect
- will have resigned
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been resigning
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: resign; resigns; resigned; resigned; resigning Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: resigns.
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