intransitive. To give up an office or position; to terminate one's employment, tenure, membership, etc., of one's own free will. In later use also…

intransitive. To stand down from a post; to retire from an occupation. Obsolete.

intransitive. To leave office, employment, or service permanently, now esp. on reaching pensionable age; to stop working. Also with from.

transferred and figurative. The ensigns of authority or power, esp. in to take, lay down, resign the fasces, hence also, authority.

intransitive. Of a government: to come to an end; (of a government minister) to be dismissed from office; to retire from or leave office.

to sing one's nunc dimittis: to declare oneself willing or ready to depart from life, an occupation, etc. Also in extended use.

An inclination of the body or head in salutation and in token of respect, reverence, submission, etc.; an obeisance. to make one's bow: to retire…

transitive. To resign, relinquish (office, power, dignity, hopes, etc.; †also absol. = to retire from office, etc.); †to discard, cease to bear (a…

To resign one's office. Obsolete.

absol. To give up an office or position.

In plural. The certificates which accompany a military officer's application for permission to resign. Chiefly in to send in one's papers: to resign.

To go from a higher level to a lower, esp. by treading on a step or stairway. Also, to go a short distance to a place which is, or is regarded as…

intransitive. Originally: to withdraw from a game, match, or race; to give up one's place in a team, crew, etc.; to withdraw from a contest or…