All 11 Uses

resignation
in
Summer Pleasures, by Nora Roberts
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She stuck a hand in one boot and found the inside damp. resigned, she hunted for her sneakers.
Chpt 1.8 *

resigned = having accepted something undesirable as the lesser of evils
Since resigning from the staff of Celebrity, Bryan found her work load hadn't eased.
Chpt 2.2 *

resigning = quitting
Caught again, Lee thought, nearly resigned to it.†
Chpt 1.5
"Since you're resigned to working," he said easily, "you can give me a hand starting dinner.†
Chpt 1.6
Resigned, she dabbed at her wet face with the soft outside.†
Chpt 1.6
If he'd packed a lunch, she'd have to resign herself to a very long day on her feet.†
Chpt 1.6
Annoyed and resigned, Hunter held out a hand.†
Chpt 1.9
She'd actually handed in her resignation, served her two weeks' notice and summarily turned her back on her steadily thriving career...ripped out its roots.†
Chpt 1.12
That was what he'd nearly resigned himself to work with.†
Chpt 2.1
Resigned to it, Bryan curled her hands around the top of the door and leaned toward him.†
Chpt 2.2
Resigned, Shade pulled into the lot.†
Chpt 2.4

Definitions:

(1) (resignation as in: submitted her resignation)
to quit -- especially a job or position; or a document expressing such an act
(2) (resignation as in: accepted it with resignation)
acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils
(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."