resignatiom.html - {v. phr.} To stop arguing; accept something which cannot be changed. * /When Jane's father explained that he could not afford to buy her a new bicycle, she finally resigned herself to riding the old one./ Compare: GIVE UP.

resignatiom.html - v.
1 intr. a (often foll. by from) give up office, one's employment, etc. (resigned from the Home Office). b (often foll. by as) retire (resigned as chief executive).
2 tr. (often foll. by to, into) relinquish; surrender; hand over (a right, charge, task, etc.).
3 tr. give up (hope etc.).
4 refl. (usu. foll. by to) a reconcile (oneself, one's mind, etc.) to the inevitable (have resigned myself to the idea). b surrender (oneself to another's guidance).
5 intr. Chess etc. discontinue play and admit defeat.

resigner n. [ME f. OF resigner f. L resignare unseal, cancel (as RE-, signare sign, seal)]

resignatiom.html - n.
1 the act or an instance of resigning, esp. from one's job or office.
2 the document etc. conveying this intention.
3 the state of being resigned; the uncomplaining endurance of a sorrow or difficulty. [ME f. OF f. med.L resignatio (as RESIGN)]

resignatiom.html - adj.
(often foll. by to) having resigned oneself; submissive, acquiescent.

resignedly adv. resignedness n.

resignatiom.html - {v. phr.} To stop arguing; accept something which cannot be changed. * /When Jane's father explained that he could not afford to buy her a new bicycle, she finally resigned herself to riding the old one./ Compare: GIVE UP.

resignatiom.html - v.
1 intr. a (often foll. by from) give up office, one's employment, etc. (resigned from the Home Office). b (often foll. by as) retire (resigned as chief executive).
2 tr. (often foll. by to, into) relinquish; surrender; hand over (a right, charge, task, etc.).
3 tr. give up (hope etc.).
4 refl. (usu. foll. by to) a reconcile (oneself, one's mind, etc.) to the inevitable (have resigned myself to the idea). b surrender (oneself to another's guidance).
5 intr. Chess etc. discontinue play and admit defeat.

resigner n. [ME f. OF resigner f. L resignare unseal, cancel (as RE-, signare sign, seal)]