different between abjure vs resign

English

Etymology

From Middle English abjuren, from Latin abi?r? (“deny upon oath”) (possibly via Middle French abjurer), formed from ab (“from, away from”) + i?ro (“swear or take an oath”), from i?s (“law, right, duty”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?d???/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

abjure (third-person singular simple present abjures, present participle abjuring, simple past and past participle abjured)

1. (transitive) to renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
   • 1786, William Beckford, Vathek; an Arabian Tale:

     adore then the terrestrial influences, and abjure Mahomet.

2. (transitive, obsolete, historical) to cause one to renounce or recant. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
3. (transitive) to reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
4. (transitive) to abstain from; to avoid; to shun.

Synonyms

• (to renounce upon oath): disavow, forswear, renounce; See also Thesaurus:repudiate or Thesaurus:recant
• (to cause one to renounce or recant):
• (to reject with solemnity): disclaim, repudiate
• (to abstain from): avoid, shun; See also Thesaurus:avoid

Derived terms

• abjurer

Related terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Juarbe

French

Verb

abjure

1. first-person singular present indicative of abjurer
2. third-person singular present indicative of abjurer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of abjurer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of abjurer
5. second-person singular imperative of abjurer

Portuguese

Verb

abjure

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of abjurar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of abjurar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of abjurar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of abjurar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab?xu?e/, [a???xu.?e]

Verb

abjure

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of abjurar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of abjurar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of abjurar.

English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman resigner, Middle French resigner, and its source, Latin resign?re (“to unseal, annul, assign, resign”), from re- + sign?re (“to seal, stamp”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???za?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Verb

resign (third-person singular simple present resigns, present participle resigning, simple past and past participle resigned)

1. (transitive) To give up; to relinquish ownership of. [from 14th c.]
2. (transitive) To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another.
3. (transitive or intransitive) To quit (a job or position). [from 14th c.]

   I am resigning in protest of the unfair treatment of our employees.

   He resigned the crown to follow his heart.

4. (transitive) To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable. [from 15th c.]

   He had no choice but to resign the game and let his opponent become the champion.

   • 1996, Robin Buss, The Count of Monte Cristo, translation of, Alexandre Dumas, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, 2003 Penguin edition, ?ISBN, page 394 [1]:

     Here is a man who was resigned to his fate, who was walking to the scaffold and about to die like a coward, that's true, but at least he was about to die without resisting and without recrimination. Do you know what gave him that much strength? Do you know what consoled him? Do you know what resigned him to his fate?

Synonyms

• quit

Derived terms

• resignation
• resign oneself

Translations

Etymology 2

re- +? sign

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i??sa?n/

Verb

resign (third-person singular simple present resigns, present participle resigning, simple past and past participle resigned)

1. (proscribed) Alternative spelling of re-sign
   • 2020, Kevin McCarthy, mutt 2.0.0 released, mutt-announce mailing list, November 7 2020

     Lastly, a note that I have resigned my GPG key to extend the expiration date.

Usage notes

The spelling without the hyphen results in a heteronym and is usually avoided.

Anagrams

• Greins, Negris, Singer, nigres, re-nigs, reigns, renigs, resing, ringes, signer, singer