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Resigning
- verb - accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"
- give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
- leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
- part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
Retaining
- verb - allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"
- hold back within; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"; "the dam retains the water"
- keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information"
- secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"
Returning
- verb - answer back
- be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
- be restored; "Her old vigor returned"
- bring back to the point of departure
- elect again
- give back; "render money"
- give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
- go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
- go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
- go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
- make a return; "return a kickback"
- pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
- pay back; "Please refund me my money"
Seasoning
- verb - lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it"
- make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"
- make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"
- something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
- the act of adding a seasoning to food
Secerning
- verb - mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
Sermoning
- - The act of discoursing; discourse; instruction; preaching.
Weakening
- verb -
- become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
- becoming weaker
- causing debilitation
- destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
- lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"
- moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker
- reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"
- the act of reducing the strength of something