All 5 Uses of
resignation
in
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- If that is the case, tell me, and I will resign the whole to you, and go about my business.†
(definition 1)
- ...help his bearing them with more resignation.
(definition 1) *resignation = acceptance of something undesired
- ...advis'd me to resign, as more consistent with my honour than being turn'd out.
(definition 2) *resign = quit (the job)
- "I approve," says I, "of his rule, and will practice it with a small addition; I shall never ask, never refuse, nor ever resign an office.†
(definition 1)
- He brought a commission to supersede Mr. Hamilton, who, tir'd with the disputes his proprietary instructions subjected him to, had resign'd.†
(definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (resignation as in: accepted it with resignation) acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils
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(2) (resignation as in: submitted her resignation) to quit -- especially a job or position; or a document expressing such an act