vverb.socialleave (a job, post, or position) voluntarilySynset:give up renounce vacate
Examples:- She vacated the position when she got pregnant
- The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds
Derivationally Related Form:resignationvacant
Hypernyms:leave office quit resign step down
Inherited Hypernyms:vacateleave officeleavechange
Direct Hyponyms:abdicaterenounce
Full Troponyms:abdicate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s (apply to: resign, vacate)
vverb.socialgive up or retire from a positionSynset:leave office quit step down
Examples:- The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month
- The chairman resigned over the financial scandal
Antonyms:take office
Derivationally Related Form:resignation
Hypernyms:depart leave pull up stakes
Inherited Hypernyms:leave officeleavechange
Direct Hyponyms:fallgive uprenounceresignretiretop outvacate
Full Troponyms:abdicatebow outfallretiresuperannuatetop outvacate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s something (apply to: resign)
vverb.possessionpart with a possession or rightSynset:free give up release relinquish
Examples:- I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
- resign a claim to the throne
Derivationally Related Form:relinquishingrelinquishmentrelease
Hypernyms:give hand pass pass on reach turn over
Inherited Hypernyms:releasepasstransfer
Direct Hyponyms:derequisitiongivesacrifice
Full Troponyms:derequisitionsacrifice
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something to somebody
vverb.cognitionaccept as inevitableSynset:reconcile submit
Examples:- He resigned himself to his fate
Derivationally Related Form:resignation
Hypernyms:accept
Inherited Hypernyms:resignacceptevaluatethink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody PP