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==Etymology==
− It is [[bor|fro|resigner|t=to renounce, relinquish]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Latin resignāre, to unseal, cancel, give up,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from re-, back, opposite, and signāre, to mark, make an entry (see [[sign]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) Barnhart and Etymonline explain that resignāre meant making an entry on the credit side of an account, balancing an earlier mark and so cancelling the claim.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)
+ It is [[bor|fro|resigner|t=to renounce, relinquish]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[la|resignāre]], to unseal, cancel, give up,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from re-, back, opposite, and [[m|la|signāre]], to mark, make an entry (see [[sign]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) Barnhart and Etymonline explain that resignāre meant making an entry on the credit side of an account, balancing an earlier mark and so cancelling the claim.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==