Alternatives to resignation
Get fired: Do something cool on your way out. Maybe light a desk on fire?Retire: Time to focus on your first love: goldfish.
Change careers: Ex-Prime Minister of wealthy industrialized nation seeks new challenges in corporate lobbying.
Definition
To resign: to voluntarily leave a job.To resign oneself, to be resigned (to doing something): to accept, to reconcile with (doing something).
Resignations in the news
This month, Theresa May resigned from her office as UK Prime Minister following an unsuccessful Brexit negotiation.With other pro-Brexit successors waiting in the wings, it seems like Britain is still resigned to leaving Europe.
Don't confuse “resign” with:
Raisin: A dried grape. No wine inside. We checked.Reason: The motive for an action or decision. Still working out the reasons for Brexit.
Re-sign: Sign again. New polls suggest that 54% of Britons want to remain. Any chance Britain re-signs with Europe?
Definition
To resign: to voluntarily leave a job.To resign oneself, to be resigned (to doing something): to accept, to reconcile with (doing something).
Resignations in the news
This month, Theresa May resigned from her office as UK Prime Minister following an unsuccessful Brexit negotiation.With other pro-Brexit successors waiting in the wings, it seems like Britain is still resigned to leaving Europe.
Alternatives to resignation
Get fired: Do something cool on your way out. Maybe light a desk on fire?Retire: Time to focus on your first love: goldfish.
Change careers: Ex-Prime Minister of wealthy industrialized nation seeks new challenges in corporate lobbying.
Don't confuse “resign” with:
Raisin: A dried grape. No wine inside. We checked.Reason: The motive for an action or decision. Still working out the reasons for Brexit.
Re-sign: Sign again. New polls suggest that 54% of Britons want to remain. Any chance Britain re-signs with Europe?
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