All 5 Uses
resignation
in
Harry Potter (#3) and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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- Resigned to the fact that he would be the only third year staying behind again,
Chpt 10 *resigned = having accepted (an unpleasant situation)
- And he said you'd resigned.
Chpt 22 *resigned = quit (his job)
- Resigned firs' thing this mornin'.†
Chpt 22
- But if he's resigned —†
Chpt 22
- The whole of Harry's Defense Against the Dark Arts class was miserable about his resignation.†
Chpt 22
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) 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."