All 7 Uses of
resignation
in
Harry Potter (#6) and the Half-Blood Prince
- The whole Wizarding community has been screaming for my resignation for a fortnight.
Chpt 1 (definition 1) *resignation = quitting (from a job)
- "Of course you did," said Mr. Weasley, sounding resigned.†
Chpt 7 (definition 2)
- We didn't face him, though," said Neville, emerging from under the seat with fluff and dust in his hair and a resigned-looking Trevor in his hand.†
Chpt 7 (definition 2)
- He really thought for a moment that Ron might hit him, but then something much worse happened: Ron seemed to sag on his broom. all the fight went out of him and he said, "I resign.†
Chpt 14 (definition 2)
- "You're not pathetic and you're not resigning!" said Harry fiercely, seizing Ron by the front of his robes.†
Chpt 14 (definition 2)
- But before they were sure beyond doubt that the cup and the locket were both gone, the assistant who had worked at Borgin and Burkes, the young man who had visited Hepzibah so regularly and charmed her so well, had resigned his post and vanished.†
Chpt 20 (definition 2)
- I think we must resign ourselves to the fact that they will, at some point, realize we are not Lord Voldemort.
Chpt 26 (definition 2) *resign = accept something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils
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