Word of the Day

Resign

June 8, 2019

re-sign / rəˈzīn

verb

  to renounce or give up a formal position CEOs resign when the internal dynamics of the company and the external dynamics of the company actually come together to say it is appropriate. Ursula Burns, 1958-   to yield or submit without resistance One has to resign oneself to being a nuisance if one wants to get anything done. Freya Stark, 1893-1993   to relinquish It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous. Livy, 59 BC-17 AD
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