Sample Sentences for
resignation
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(editor-reviewed)

resignation as in:  submitted her resignation

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    She said that if I don't resign, I will be fired.
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    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.  (source)
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    The whole Wizarding community has been screaming for my resignation for a fortnight.  (source)
    resignation = quitting (from a job)
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    When the Blood Shrike heard about the attack plans, he tried to resign his post.  (source)
    resign = quit
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    Mussolini has resigned and the King of Italy has taken over the government.  (source)
    resigned = quit (a job or position)
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    He lampooned Jimmy Carter and Joe Biden, called for the resignation of Attorney General Edwin Meese, lambasted Bible-thumpers of the Christian right, urged vigilance against the Soviet threat, castigated the Japanese for hunting whales, and defended Jesse Jackson as a viable presidential candidate.  (source)
    resignation = quitting from his position
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    ...joining discussion groups and resigning from discussion groups,  (source)
    resigning = quitting
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    She decides one last case before she resigns as a judge for the People's Court.  (source)
    resigns = quits (leaves her job)
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    I have resign'd to you my charge.  (source)
    resign'd = quit (a job or position)
    unconventional spelling: This is more commonly spelled resigned.
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    Quiet arrests made, sudden resignations in Washington.  (source)
    resignations = quitting of jobs
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    If you pull me, I will take leave and pursue the case on personal time. If necessary, I will resign.  (source)
    resign = quit (her job)
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    "I have resigned," Lidewij said after a moment.  (source)
    resigned = quit (a job)
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    I came here for one reason only: to announce my resignation from all matters regarding the Westing estate, with sincere apologies to all concerned.  (source)
    resignation = quitting (from the job or position)
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resignation as in:  accepted it with resignation

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It wasn't her first choice, but she accepted it with resignation.
resignation = (accepted) something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils
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    She was resigned to being embarrassed by her younger brother.
    resigned = with acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable
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    "Who started it?" asked Atticus, in resignation.  (source)
    resignation = acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable
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    Beatrice's face had become a mask of grim resignation.  (source)
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    Stacey looked out into the falling night, his face resigned, and said nothing.  (source)
    resigned = showing acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable
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    Ron and Hermione looked at him with similar mixtures of resignation and defiance.  (source)
    resignation = acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils
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    Will I let her fall to her death, or will I resign myself to being factionless?  (source)
    resign = accept something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils
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    "Well," Cherry said resignedly, "they've spotted us."  (source)
    resignedly = as though having accepted something undesirable as unavoidable
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    Resigning himself to a miserable day, he...  (source)
    Resigning = accepting something undesired as unavoidable
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    He brought a commission to supersede Mr. Hamilton, who, tir'd with the disputes his proprietary instructions subjected him to, had resign'd.†  (source)
    editor's notes: More commonly this would be written resigned.
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    Then, for a variety of reasons, there came a spate of deaths, promotions, resignations, retirements.†  (source)
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    Flavius badly wants to use his own trademark purple lipstick on me but resigns himself to a pink as they begin to color my face and nails.  (source)
    resigns = accepts something undesired as unavoidable
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    I am resigned to my fate now, so I don't think I'll go out for fear I'll get unresigned again.  (source)
    unresigned = having accepted something undesired as unavoidable
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unresigned means not and reverses the meaning of resigned. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    But every other feeling as it rushed upon his was thrown into abeyance by pity, deep respectful pity, for the man who sat before him—already so bruised, going forth with sad blind resignedness to an unreal sorrow, while a real one was close upon him, too far beyond the range of common trial for him ever to have feared it.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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