Both Uses of
resignation
in
Ender's Game
- "The Hegemon resigned," said Dink.
Chpt 14 (definition 1) *resigned = quit (a job)
- What the hive-queen felt was sadness, a sense of resignation. She had not thought these words as she saw the humans coming to kill, but it was in words that Ender understood her: They did not forgive us, she thought. We will surely die.
Chpt 15 (definition 2) *resignation = acceptance of 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