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accepted it with resignation
Definition
acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils
- MRS. PEARCE [only half resigned to it] Very well, sir. It's for you to say.Act 2 (9% in)
resigned = acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable
- HIGGINS [resignedly] It don't matter, anyhow.Act 3 (33% in)
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- DOOLITTLE [with melancholy resignation] Yes, ma'am; I'm expected to provide for everyone now, out of three thousand a year.Act 5 (15% in)
- MRS. PEARCE [resigning herself] Serve you right, Mr. Higgins.Act 2 (23% in)
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