2 meanings
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1 —as in:
submitted her resignation
Definition
to quit — especially a job or position; or a document expressing such an act- I know you're unhappy there, but don't submit your resignation until you find a better job.
resignation = a document expressing that someone is quitting a job
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER.Groucho Marx
- She said that if I don't resign, I will be fired.
- Therefore I will go immediately and carry my resignation to the king.Dumas, Alexandre -- The Man in the Iron Mask
- In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.United States 'Founding Fathers' -- The Constitution of the United States
- He felt so ashamed of himself that he went to Wood and offered to resign from the Quidditch team.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- I have resign'd to you my charge.William Shakespeare -- The Life and Death of King Richard III
- When the subject has refused allegiance, and the officer has resigned from office, then the revolution is accomplished.Henry David Thoreau -- Resistance to Civil Government
- I won't resign, and if you do fire me I think I'll take it to the courts,Sinclair Lewis -- Arrowsmith
- So why did you resign from the police force?Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
resign = quit
resignation = quitting (from the position)
resign = quit
resign'd = quit (a job or position)
resigned = quit (from a job)
resign = quit
resign = quit
2 —as in:
accepted it with resignation
Definition
acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils- It wasn't her first choice, but she accepted it with resignation.
resignation = having accepted something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- She was resigned to being embarrassed by her younger brother.
- Ron sighed as though resigned to the worstJ.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- It was evident to everyone that he was resigned to his fate.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
- He began to think it was to be, and that he could not prevent it—a very promising step of the mind on its way to resignation.Jane Austen -- Emma
- The kind of submission or resignation that he showed was that of a man who was tired out.Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations
- She resigned herself to waiting until the rain stopped and...Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- One Hundred Years of Solitude
- Beatrice's face had become a mask of grim resignation.Carl Hiassen -- Hoot
- She seemed to swing between worry and fatalistic resignation.Dave Eggers -- Zeitoun
- She had become resigned to her daughters' odd and willful ways.Julia Alvarez -- In the Time of the Butterflies
resigned = having accepted something undesired as unavoidable
resigned = having accepted as unavoidable
resigned = had accepted something undesirable as unavoidable
resignation = acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable
resignation = acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils
resigned = made herself accept something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils
resignation = acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils
resignation = accepted something undesired as unavoidable
resigned = having accepted something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils
Less commonly:
To resign can also more specifically mean to surrender or give up as in "I was clearly going to lose the chess game, so I resigned;" or "She resigned all pretense."