Both Uses of
resignation
in
Brave New World
- After the scene in the Fertilizing Room, all upper-caste London was wild to see this delicious creature who had fallen on his knees before the Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning–or rather the ex-Director, for the poor man had resigned immediately afterwards and never set foot inside the Centre again–
p. 153..5 (definition 1) *resigned = quit (a job)
- "Yes, we're off to-morrow," said Bernard on whose face the Savage remarked a new expression of determined resignation.
p. 242..4 (definition 2) *resignation = acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable
Definitions:
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(1) (resignation as in: submitted her resignation) to quit -- especially a job or position; or a document expressing such an act
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(2) (resignation as in: accepted it with resignation) acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils