[re.sign] vb [ME, fr. MF resigner, fr. L resignare, lit., to unseal, cancel, fr. re- + signare to sign, seal--more at sign] vt (14c) 1: relegate, consign; esp: to give (oneself) over without resistance "~ed herself to her fate"
2: to give up deliberately; esp: to renounce (as a right or position) by a formal act ~ vi 1: to give up one's office or position: quit
2: to accept something as inevitable: submit syn see relinquish, abdicate -- re.sign.ed.ly adv -- re.sign.ed.ness n -- re.sign.er n