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Word entry · 6 letters

resign

Best crossword clue

"Leave office"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ɹɪˈzaɪn/Part of speech verbSorted eginrsStarts with REnds with N2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. accept as inevitable

Word origin

From Anglo-Norman resigner, Middle French resigner, and its source, Latin resignāre (“to unseal, annul, assign, resign”), from re- + signāre (“to seal, stamp”). Piecewise doublet of re-sign.

Used in a sentence

  • And if the perfection of well-speaking might bring any glorie sutable unto a great personage, Scipio and Lelius would never have resigned the honour of their Comedies[…]unto an Affrican servant[…].
  • I am resigning in protest of the unfair treatment of our employees.
  • He resigned the crown to follow his heart.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Leave office6 letters
02Step down6 letters

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