Work and business / B1

ri-ZYN/rɪˈzaɪn/

You resign when you officially leave a job: resign from the post; resign as manager; hand in your resignation. Quit is informal; retire is because of age; be sacked is when the employer ends it. Resignation is the noun (a letter of resignation). Do not confuse resign with re-sign (sign again) — hyphen and meaning differ. Ministers resign in UK political news.

Meaning

To officially leave your job.

Examples

• “The manager resigned after the safety report was published.”
• “He resigned from the board after the accounts were questioned.”
• “If you resign without notice, you may lose some pay.”

Good to know

resign from / as. Noun: resignation. Informal: quit. Age: retire. Employer ends it: sack. Not re-sign (sign again).

Near in meaning

quit

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