All 4 Uses of
resignation
in
Mansfield Park
- Lord Ravenshaw and the duke had appropriated the only two characters worth playing before I reached Ecclesford; and though Lord Ravenshaw offered to resign his to me, it was impossible to take it, you know.
Chpt 13 (definition 1) *resign = give up
- …and Mrs. Norris, having stipulated for there never being a fire in it on Fanny's account, was tolerably resigned to her having the use of what nobody else wanted, though the terms in which she sometimes spoke of the indulgence seemed to imply that it was the best room in the house.
Chpt 16 (definition 2) *resigned = having accepted something undesired as unavoidable
- Lady Bertram seemed quite resigned to waiting.
Chpt 18 (definition 2)
- Her secret was still her own; and while that was the case, she thought she could resign herself to almost everything.
Chpt 36 (definition 2)resign = accept 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