# resign

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈzaɪn/ · frequency rank #7,490

## Definitions
1. To give up; to relinquish ownership of.
2. To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another.
3. To voluntarily leave (a job or position), in particular a hard-fought position of high status.
4. To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable.

## Etymology
From Anglo-Norman resigner, Middle French resigner, and its source, Latin resignāre (“to unseal, annul, assign, resign”), from re- + signāre (“to seal, stamp”). Piecewise doublet of re-sign.

## Easily confused with
- **resin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resign-vs-resin)
- **resist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resign-vs-resist)
- **Reston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resign-vs-reston)
- **resigned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resign-vs-resigned)
- **rein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rein-vs-resign)
- **reign** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reign-vs-resign)
- **region** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/region-vs-resign)
- **reside** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reside-vs-resign)
- **reigns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reigns-vs-resign)
- **redesign** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redesign-vs-resign)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ersign`, `reisgn`, `resgin`, `resiggn`, `resignn`, `resing`, `ressign`, `rresign`, `rseign`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/resign