Statistical tests always involve a trade-off between: 1  the acceptable level of false positives (in which a non-match is declared to be a match) and. 2  the acceptable level of false negatives (in which an actual match is not detected).
transitive verb. 1 : to divorce or separate formally from (a woman) 2 : to refuse to have anything to do with : disown. 3a : to refuse to accept; especially : to reject as unauthorized or as having no binding force repudiate a contractb : to reject as untrue or unjust repudiate a charge.
Definition of resign. transitive verb. 1 : relegate, consign; especially : to give (oneself) over without resistance resigned herself to her fate. 2 : to give up deliberately; especially : to renounce (something, such as a right or position) by a formal act. intransitive verb.