All 4 Uses of
resignation
in
Pygmalion
- MRS. PEARCE [only half resigned to it] Very well, sir. It's for you to say.
Act 2 *resigned = acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable
- MRS. PEARCE [resigning herself] Serve you right, Mr. Higgins.†
Act 2
- HIGGINS [resignedly] It don't matter, anyhow.†
Act 3
- DOOLITTLE [with melancholy resignation] Yes, ma'am; I'm expected to provide for everyone now, out of three thousand a year.†
Act 5
Definition:
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(resignation as in: accepted it with resignation) acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils