All 4 Uses of
resignation
in
Washington Square, by Henry James
- He left her resignedly; he had got what he wanted.†
Chpt 9 *resignedly = with acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils
- I am perfectly resigned to her thinking me a tyrant for a twelvemonth.†
Chpt 12
- "We must study resignation," said Mrs. Penniman, hesitating, but sententious at a venture.†
Chpt 30
- Resignation to what?†
Chpt 30
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."