Clues for the word "RESIGN"
We've had 71 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 118 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on December 11, 2025.
Definition of resign
- v. t. - To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; -- said of the wishes or will, or of something valued; -- also often used reflexively.
- v. t. - To relinquish; to abandon.
- v. t. - To commit to the care of; to consign.
Referring Clues
- Quit
- Step down, or stay for another term
- Quit one's job
- Give notice
- Quit a job formally
- Concede, as in chess
- Call it quits forever
- Accept the inevitable
- One way to avoid being fired
- Abdicate
- Quit officially
- Bow out
- Quit a job
- Quit formally
- Step down
- Leave office
- Extend a contract
- Quit work formally
- Quit a chess game
- Terminate a contract ... or extend it
- Step down from a position
- Step down, in a way
- Quit ... or agree to keep going
- Avoid being checkmated
- Give two weeks' notice, say
- Singer ordered to quit
- Quit and write one's name again?
- Quit the chess game
- Hand in notice
- Hand in one's notice
- Stand down from one's job
- Leave office voluntarily
- Stand down
- Second in command to step down
- Admit defeat when rule is broken by bridge player
- In royal office James finally had to abdicate
- Point the rule out when you abdicate
- About to sing drunkenly and give up
- A bad singer should give up
- Abandon school subject and make one's name as a writer
- Give up position
- Syrian leader in power to leave office
- Singer, collapsing, to bow out
- Make someone take notice?
- Give up one's job
- About to put one's name down for leave
- Leave one's seat, maybe
- Give up office
- Give up one's post
- Head of State during rule to abdicate
- Go or stay with the team?
- Give up playing chess
- Leave the office early?
- Step down first of stairs to break rule
- Enlist again only to quit
- Son breaks rule causing one to quit
- Bob breaking rule causes one to stand down
- Extend contract or quit
- How to avoid being mated
- Singer forced to quit
- Singer prepared to admit defeat
- Get out of calling
- Give up work
- Quit and write one's name again?
- Stand down from a job
- Give up job as lousy singer
- Quit, as a job
- *Stay in power
- Accept an extension
- Call it quits
- Voluntarily leave a position
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - December 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 03, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 24, 2025
- USA Today - January 27, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - December 11, 2024
- Daily American - December 02, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - October 02, 2024
- USA Today - September 12, 2024
- LA Times - August 12, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 11, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - July 02, 2024
- LA Times - December 22, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - December 11, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 15, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - August 24, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 05, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 14, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 23, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - May 16, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - February 05, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - December 11, 2022
- Daily American - December 02, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - October 02, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - September 30, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - July 02, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - June 23, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - June 15, 2022
- New York Times - September 29, 2021
- Daily Cryptic - December 11, 2017
- And in 88 more crossword puzzles...