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01. Some people think President Bill Clinton should have [resigned] because of his sex scandal.
02. The Prime Minister regretfully accepted the [resignation] of his Finance Minister.
03. Charlotte [resigned] from her position as president of the union after getting a new job.
04. Slobodan Milosevic was forced to [resign] as President of Yugoslavia after widespread protests.
05. Mrs. Johnson [resigned] from her position as head of the parent's committee at the school because she felt she didn't have enough time to do the job properly.
06. I would rather [resign] from my job than take a cut in salary.
07. The old man sighed with [resignation] when told by his boss that he would be let go.
08. There is a Spanish proverb which states that to whom you tell your secrets, you [resign] your liberty.
09. Richard Nixon was forced to [resign] as U.S. President after the Watergate scandal.
10. Mikhail Gorbachev [resigned] following his failure to prevent the break-up of the Soviet Union into independent states.
11. In March of 1997, the government of Albania [resigned] after the deadliest violence in two months of angry unrest.
12. In 1954, Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz was forced to [resign] as a result of a military coup backed by the CIA.
13. In November of 1977, the Egyptian Foreign Minister and his Deputy [resigned] over President Sadat's proposed visit to Israel.
14. The children have [resigned] themselves to the fact that we simply can't afford to go away for our holidays this summer.
15. Joanne became [resigned] to a life on her own after her husband passed away.
16. Will Rogers once remarked, "I like trees because they seem more [resigned] to the way they have to live than other things do."
17. Groucho Marx once joked, "I sent the club a wire stating, please accept my [resignation]. I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member."

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • resign — re‧sign [rɪˈzaɪn] verb [intransitive, transitive] JOBS to officially leave a job, position etc through your own choice, rather than being told to leave: • The vice president resigned his post last week. resign as • One director recently resigned… …   Financial and business terms

  • Resign — Re*sign (r? z?n ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Resigned} ( z?nd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Resigning}.] [F. r[ e]signer, L. resignare to unseal, annul, assign, resign; pref. re re + signare to seal, stamp. See {Sign}, and cf. {Resignation}.] [1913 Webster] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • resign — [ri zīn′] vt. [ME resignen < MFr resigner < L resignare < re , back + signare, to SIGN] 1. to give up possession of; relinquish (a claim, etc.) 2. to give up (an office, position, etc.) vi. to give up an office, position of employment,… …   English World dictionary

  • resign — I verb abandon, abdicate, abire, abjure, capitulate, cease work, cede, cedere, demit, depart, deponere, desist from, disclaim, divest oneself of, drop out, forego, forsake, give notice, give up, leave, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce,… …   Law dictionary

  • resign — (v.) late 14c., from O.Fr. resigner, from L. resignare to check off, cancel, give up, from re opposite (see RE (Cf. re )) + signare to make an entry in an account book, lit. to mark (see SIGN (Cf. sign)). The sense is of making an entry (signum) …   Etymology dictionary

  • resign — 1 yield, surrender, leave, abandon, *relinquish, cede, waive Analogous words: *forgo, eschew, sacrifice, forbear, abnegate: *abjure, renounce, forswear 2 *abdicate, renounce …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • resign — [v] give up responsibility abandon, abdicate, bail out, bow out, capitulate, cease work, cede, demit, divorce oneself from, drop, drop out, end service, fold, forgo, forsake, give notice, give up the ship*, hand in resignation, hand over, hang it …   New thesaurus

  • resign — ► VERB 1) voluntarily leave a job or position of office. 2) (be resigned) accept that something undesirable cannot be avoided. ORIGIN Latin resignare unseal, cancel …   English terms dictionary

  • resign — verb ADVERB ▪ formally ▪ abruptly ▪ immediately VERB + RESIGN ▪ be forced to, be obliged to (BrE), have to …   Collocations dictionary

  • resign */*/*/ — UK [rɪˈzaɪn] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms resign : present tense I/you/we/they resign he/she/it resigns present participle resigning past tense resigned past participle resigned to state formally that you are leaving a job… …   English dictionary

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