To voluntarily leave a job or position. She decided to resign from her position as manager after ten years with the company.
To accept something as inevitable or to submit oneself to a situation. He resigned himself to the fact that he would never win the lottery.
To concede defeat in chess or other competitive games by voluntarily ending the game. After losing his queen, the grandmaster resigned on move 28.
To formally relinquish or renounce a right, claim, or privilege. She resigned her claim to the family estate.