All 4 Uses of
resignation
in
The Scarlet Letter
- To confess the truth, it was my greatest apprehension—as it would never be a measure of policy to turn out so quiet an individual as myself; and it being hardly in the nature of a public officer to resign—it was my chief trouble, therefore, that I was likely to grow grey and decrepit in the Surveyorship, and become much such another animal as the old Inspector.
Chpt Intr. *resign = quit (a position or job)
- In view of my previous weariness of office, and vague thoughts of resignation, my fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and although beyond his hopes, meet with the good hap to be murdered.
Chpt Intr.resignation = quitting (from the job)
- But whether from pride or resignation, or a feeling that her penance might best be wrought out by this unutterable pain, she resisted the impulse, and sat erect, pale as death, looking sadly into little Pearl's wild eyes.†
Chpt 6
- "Yes, to another world," replied the minister with pious resignation.†
Chpt 20 *
Definitions:
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(resignation as in: submitted her resignation) to quit -- especially a job or position; or a document expressing such an act
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(resignation as in: accepted it with resignation) acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils