resign
Verb
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Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily (synset 202372031)
"She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
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Give up or retire from a position (synset 202387509)
"The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"hypernym: depart, leave, pull up stakes - remove oneself from an association with or participation inhyponym:
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Part with a possession or right (synset 202321284)
"I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"hyponym:
- derequisition - release from government control
- give, sacrifice - endure the loss of
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Accept as inevitable (synset 200734417)
"He resigned himself to his fate"hypernym: accept - consider or hold as true
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