You should do the honorable thing and resign.
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Resign
//ɹiːˈsaɪn//
Synonyms for "resign" (144 found)
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Related words (72)
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9 entriesetymologically related_to
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7 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
121 translations across 46 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- παρίημι verb (quit a job or position)
- ἀπεῖπον verb (quit a job or position)
Arabic
2 entries- استعفى verb (quit a job or position)
- اِسْتَقَالَ verb (quit a job or position)
Armenian
1 entries- հրաժարական տալ verb (quit a job or position)
Bulgarian
4 entries- отказвам се verb (to give something up or relinquish)
- подавам оставка verb (quit a job or position)
- предавам verb (hand over, give over (to someone))
- предоставям verb (hand over, give over (to someone))
Burmese
2 entries- နုတ်ထွက် verb (quit a job or position)
- အောချ verb (to give something up or relinquish)
Catalan
1 entries- dimitir verb (quit a job or position)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 辭去 /辞去 verb (quit a job or position)
- 辭職 /辞职 verb (quit a job or position)
Czech
2 entries- odstoupit verb (quit a job or position)
- rezignovat verb (quit a job or position)
Dutch
1 entries- ontslag nemen verb (quit a job or position)
Esperanto
3 entries- demisii verb (quit a job or position)
- rezignacii verb (to give up)
- rezigni verb (quit a job or position)
Finnish
3 entries- erota verb (quit a job or position)
- luovuttaa verb (to give something up or relinquish)
- luovuttaa verb (to give up)
French
4 entries- abandonner verb (to give something up or relinquish)
- abdiquer verb (quit a job or position)
- céder verb (to give something up or relinquish)
- démissionner verb (quit a job or position)
Georgian
1 entries- უარის თქმა verb (quit a job or position)
German
2 entries- kündigen verb (quit a job or position)
- zurücktreten verb (quit a job or position)
Greek
1 entries- παραιτούμαι verb (quit a job or position)
Hebrew
1 entries- התפטר verb (quit a job or position)
Hindi
1 entries- पदत्याग verb (quit a job or position)
Hungarian
4 entries- belenyugszik verb (to give up)
- beletörődik verb (to give up)
- felad verb (to give something up or relinquish)
- felad verb (to give up)
Icelandic
4 entries- afsala sér verb (to give something up or relinquish)
- draga sig í hlé verb (quit a job or position)
- falla frá verb (to give something up or relinquish)
- gefa upp verb (to give something up or relinquish)
Irish
1 entries- éirigh as verb (quit a job or position)
Italian
4 entries- dare le dimissioni verb (quit a job or position)
- darla su verb (to give up)
- dimettersi verb (quit a job or position)
- lasciare verb (quit a job or position)
Japanese
3 entries- 辞める verb (quit a job or position)
- 辞任する verb (quit a job or position)
- 辞職する verb (quit a job or position)
Khmer
1 entries- លាឈប់ verb (quit a job or position)
Korean
2 entries- 사임하다 verb (quit a job or position)
- 포기하다 verb (to give up)
Lao
2 entries- ລາການ verb (quit a job or position)
- ລາອອກ verb (quit a job or position)
Latin
1 entries- abdicō verb (quit a job or position)
Lithuanian
1 entries- atsistatydinti verb (quit a job or position)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- gódy wześ verb (quit a job or position)
Malay
1 entries- meletak jawatan verb (quit a job or position)
Mongolian
1 entries- огцрох verb (quit a job or position)
Māori
2 entries- rīhaina verb (quit a job or position)
- tuku verb (to give something up or relinquish)
Norwegian
4 entries- gi opp verb (to give up)
- gå av verb (quit a job or position)
- resignere verb (to give up)
- si opp verb (quit a job or position)
Occitan
1 entries- demissionar verb (quit a job or position)
Polish
2 entries- rezygnować verb (quit a job or position)
- zrezygnować verb (quit a job or position)
Portuguese
4 entries- demitir-se verb (quit a job or position)
- desligar-se verb (quit a job or position)
- renunciar verb (quit a job or position)
- resignar verb (to give up)
Romanian
1 entries- demisiona verb (quit a job or position)
Russian
4 entries- бро́сить рабо́ту verb (quit a job or position)
- отка́зываться от до́лжности verb (quit a job or position)
- уво́литься verb (quit a job or position)
- увольня́ться verb (quit a job or position)
Shan
1 entries- ၼုၵ်ႈဢွၵ်ႇ verb (quit a job or position)
Slovak
4 entries- odstúpiť verb (quit a job or position)
- rezignovať verb (quit a job or position)
- rezignovať verb (to give up)
- vzdať sa verb (to give something up or relinquish)
Spanish
4 entries- dimitir verb (quit a job or position)
- renunciar verb (quit a job or position)
- renunciar verb (to give up)
- resignarse verb (to give up)
Swedish
3 entries- avgå verb (quit a job or position)
- resignera verb (to give up)
- sluta verb (quit a job or position)
Thai
3 entries- ลาออก verb (quit a job or position)
- ล้มเลิก verb (to give something up or relinquish)
- เลิกล้ม verb (to give something up or relinquish)
Turkish
1 entries- istifa etmek verb (quit a job or position)
Ukrainian
2 entries- піти́ у відста́вку verb (quit a job or position)
- іти́ у відста́вку verb (quit a job or position)
Vietnamese
1 entries- từ chức verb (quit a job or position)
Welsh
2 entries- rhoi'r gorau verb (quit a job or position)
- ymddiswyddo verb (quit a job or position)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The minister was obliged to resign from the cabinet.
Source: tatoeba (45487)
The president of the university is likely to resign.
Source: tatoeba (45505)
He said that if Smith was elected, he would resign.
Source: tatoeba (51608)
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