RESIGN Copy link • RESIGNTo give up, cedere: concedere (to yield): abjicere: deponere: omittere (to let go, abandon): desistere aliqua re or de aliqua re (implying a sudden change of purpose) renunciare alicui re (to renounce). To resign one’s self to an occupation or pursuit, alicui rei se dedere: studio alicujus rei se dedere or se tradere: to resign one’s self to suffering, aequo animo ferre or tolerare aliquid: in se recipere aliquid. To abdicate or retire from an office, abdicare munus or (far more commonly) se munere: abire magistratu or honore: abscedere munere (Liv., 9, 3): magistratum deponere (of magistrates): missionem postulare (to demand a discharge of soldiers. ☞ donare, “to give up a command,” is of the Silver Age).