late 14c., "give up, surrender, abandon, submit; relinquish," from Old French resigner "renounce, relinquish" (13c.), from Latin resignare "to check off, annul, cancel, give b [..]

vacate: leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappro [..]

to give up, renounce, submit

To dream that you resign any position, signifies that you will unfortunately embark in new enterprises. To hear of others resigning, denotes that you will have unpleaasant[sic] tidings.   

give up a position or post.

(v) leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily(v) give up or retire from a position(v) part with a possession or right(v) accept as inevitable

Concede the game

To accept defeat. Resignation is a form of settlement

1. The Chess Glossary Team don't need any encouragement, thank you very much. 2. An option to end any game prematurely, should a player realize he's going to lose ... No point in wasting anybody's time; Resign like a good chap and get on with the next game.

To surrender the game to your opponent and lose the value of the current wager or stakes.

When a player sees his position is hopeless, and ends the game before checkmate.

(transitive) To give up or hand over (something to someone); to relinquish ownership of. from 14th c. * Flr Mntgn Essays, I.39: *: And if the perfection of well-speaking might bring any glorie sut [..]