All 4 Uses of
resignation
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- He stood up, gravely ungirdled and disrobed himself of his gown, saying resignedly: —Mulligan is stripped of his garments.†
Chpt 1 *resignedly = with acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils
- Mr Dedalus sighed resignedly.†
Chpt 6
- He drank resignedly from his tumbler, running his fingers down the flutes.†
Chpt 8
- Resigned he passed out with grave words and gait, saying, wellnigh with sorrow: —And going forth he met Butterly.†
Chpt 1
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
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
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."