The Only Use of
resignation
in
The Grapes of Wrath
- Mae said resignedly, "You can have this for ten cents."
Chpt 15resignedly = with acceptance of 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