Gentlement of quality have been sent beyong the seas, resigned and
concredited to the conduct of such as they call governors.
Evelyn.
Syn. -- To abdicate; surrender; submit; leave; relinquish; forego;
quit; forsake; abandon; renounce. -- Resign, Relinquish. To resign is
to give up, as if breaking a seal and yielding all it had secured;
hence, it marks a formal and deliberate surrender. To relinquish is
less formal, but always implies abandonment and that the thing given up
has been long an object of pursuit, and, usually, that it has been
prized and desired. We resign what we once held or considered as our
own, as an office, employment, etc. We speak of relinquishing a claim,
of relinquishing some advantage we had sought or enjoyed, of
relinquishing seme right, privilege, etc. "Men are weary with the toil
which they bear, but can not find it in their hearts to relinquish it."
Steele. See Abdicate.
Re sign", n. Resignation. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Res`ig*na"tion (r?z`?g-n?"sh?n), n. [F. résignation. See Resign.] 1.
The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or
the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission.
2. The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient
submission; unresisting acquiescence; as, resignation to the will and
providence of God.
Syn. -- Patience; surrender; relinquisment; forsaking; abandonment;
abdication; renunciation; submission; acquiescence; endurance. See
Patience.
Re*signed" (r?-z?nd"), a. Submissive; yielding; not disposed to resist
or murmur.
A firm, yet cautious mind; Sincere, thought prudent; constant, yet
resigned.
Pope.
Re*sign"ed*ly (r?-z?n"?d-l?), adv. With submission.
Res`ign*ee" (r?z`?-n?"), n. One to whom anything is resigned, or in
whose favor a resignation is made.
Re*sign"er (r?-z?n"?r), n. One who resigns.
Re*sign"ment (-ment), n. The act of resigning.
Re*sile" (r?-z?l"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resiled (-z?ld"); p. pr. & vb.
n. Resiling.] [L. resilire to leap or spring back; pref. re- re- +
salire to leap, spring. See Salient.] To start back; to recoil; to
recede from a purpose. J. Ellis.
{ Re*sil"i*ence (r?-z?l"?-ens), Re*sil"i*en*cy (-en-s?), } n. 1. The
act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a
ball or of sound.
2. (Mech. & Engyn.) The mechanical work required to strain an elastic
body, as a deflected beam, stretched spring, etc., to the elastic
limit; also, the work performed by the body in recovering from such
strain.
Re*sil"i*ent (-ent), a. [L. resiliens, p. pr.] Leaping back;
rebounding; recoiling.