All 4 Uses of
resignation
in
Emma
- He was soon pretty well resigned.†
Chpt 2.7-8
- They sang together once more; and Emma would then resign her place to Miss Fairfax, whose performance, both vocal and instrumental, she never could attempt to conceal from herself, was infinitely superior to her own.†
Chpt 2.7-8
- Mr. Woodhouse was resigned.†
Chpt 3.1-2
- He began to think it was to be, and that he could not prevent it—a very promising step of the mind on its way to resignation.
Chpt 3.19 *resignation = acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable
Definition:
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(resignation as in: accepted it with resignation) acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils