verb (v)

• leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily(verb.social)

  Example:
  The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds.
  

  Synonym:
  give up, renounce, vacate
  

  source: wordnet30
• give up or retire from a position(verb.social)

  Example:
  The chairman resigned over the financial scandal.
  

  Synonym:
  leave office, quit, step down
  Antonym:
  take office
  

  source: wordnet30
• part with a possession or right(verb.possession)

  Example:
  Resign a claim to the throne.
  

  Synonym:
  free, give up, release, relinquish
  

  source: wordnet30
• accept as inevitable(verb.cognition)

  Example:
  He resigned himself to his fate.
  

  Synonym:
  reconcile, submit
  

  source: wordnet30
• To affix one's signature to, a second time; to sign again.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; -- said of the wishes or will, or of something valued; -- also often used reflexively.(verb)

  source: webster1913