resign
v.v. to officially tell your employer that you are leaving your job. You usually do this by writing a formal letter.
v. to voluntarily leave a job or office of authority. Often used in formal or professional contexts to describe a permanent departure from a position.
She decided to resign from her job to start a new business.
The manager chose to resign after the company announced its controversial new policy.
Following the public scandal, the CEO was pressured to resign his position immediately to protect the firm's remaining stock value.
From Anglo-Norman resigner, Middle French resigner, and its source, Latin resignāre (“to unseal, annul, assign, resign”), from re- + signāre (“to seal, stamp”). Piecewise doublet of re-sign.
From re- + sign.
The verb is often used with the preposition 'from' when mentioning the organization, or used transitively with the specific position as the object.
he resigned from his positionhe resigned his positionWhile you resign 'from' a company, you resign a position directly without a preposition.