All 3 Uses of
resignation
in
Treasure Island
- ...it shall be kept secret even from me and Mr. Arrow. Otherwise I would ask you to let me resign.
Chpt 9 *resign = quit (from his job)
- And I ask you to take certain precautions or let me resign my berth.†
Chpt 9
- And now I resign, by thunder!†
Chpt 29 *
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