Sample sentences for RESIGNATION

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)

She resigned and moved with her family to Arizona.

resigned = quit

She said that if I don't resign, I will be fired.

resign = quit

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
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

resignation = quitting (from the position)

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

resign = quit

I have resign'd to you my charge.
William Shakespeare -- The Life and Death of King Richard III

resign'd = quit (a job or position)

(editor's note: This is more commonly spelled resigned.)

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

resigned = quit (from a job)

I won't resign, and if you do fire me I think I'll take it to the courts,
Sinclair Lewis -- Arrowsmith

resign = quit

So why did you resign from the police force?
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

resign = quit

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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 = (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.

resigned = had accepted something undesired as unavoidable

Ron sighed as though resigned to the worst
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

resigned = having accepted as unavoidable

It was evident to everyone that he was resigned to his fate.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

resigned = had accepted something undesirable as unavoidable

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

resignation = acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable

The kind of submission or resignation that he showed was that of a man who was tired out.
Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations

resignation = acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils

She resigned herself to waiting until the rain stopped and...
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- One Hundred Years of Solitude

resigned = made herself accept something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils

Beatrice's face had become a mask of grim resignation.
Carl Hiassen -- Hoot

resignation = acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable

She seemed to swing between worry and fatalistic resignation.
Dave Eggers -- Zeitoun

resignation = accepted something undesired as unavoidable

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 or the lesser of evils

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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."

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