Both Uses of
resignation
in
The Awakening
- There were other children beside, and two nurse-maids followed, looking disagreeable and resigned.†
Chpt 7
- His attitude was one of hopeless resignation
Chpt 9 *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