resign
To give up a job or position by your own choice.
resign in a sentence
- The captain decided to resign after the team lost every match.
- Mrs Ali will resign from the shop to look after her new baby.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to resign?
- Astay
- Bcontinue
- Cremain
- Dquit
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D: quit. The other three mean the opposite of resign.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to resign?
- Aquit
- Bleave
- Cstay
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C: stay. The other three mean nearly the same as resign.
Words that mean something similar
quit, leave
Words that mean the opposite
stay, remain, continue
More words about behaviour & manners
- rowdy: Noisy and behaving in a rough, wild way.
- sabotage: To damage or spoil something on purpose so it does not work.
- sacrifice: To give up something you value, to help someone or to gain something more important.
- sanitary: Clean, and helping to protect people's health.
- shun: To avoid someone or something on purpose.
- sneer: To smile in a nasty way that shows you look down on someone; or that nasty smile.
- spontaneous: Done suddenly without planning it first.
- squander: To waste money or time in a careless way.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test