resign vs take part in

resign

verb
  • To quit (a job or position). 

  • To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable. 

  • To give up; to relinquish ownership of. 

  • To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another. 

take part in

How often have the words resign and take part in occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )