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Definition
acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils
- Resign yourself, and this obedience
Will be by Heaven well recompensed.Act 3 (72% in)
resign = accept something undesired as unavoidable
(editor's note: In this case, Roxane is pretending that De Guiche's letter instructs her to accept Christian as her husband against her will.)
(editor's note: In this case, Roxane is pretending that De Guiche's letter instructs her to accept Christian as her husband against her will.)
- RAGUENEAU: Here! here! here (He chooses a third, resignedly): The sonnet to Phillis!Act 2 (13% in)
There are no more uses of "resignation" in Cyrano de Bergerac.
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