All 7 Uses
resignation
in
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
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- If we ever managed to leave, price to lift that mass to Luna would hurt--I was resigned to abandoning a p-suit with years more wear in it
Chpt 18 *resigned = accept something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils
- What you are doing is forcing me to resign.
Chpt 26 *resign = quit (a job)
- He demanded more and tougher help, threatened to resign civil service job if he didn't get it— just a threat, which Authority would have known if it had really known Luna.†
Chpt 9
- We said they could stay on or resign; then those we needed, we rehired with Hong Kong dollars.†
Chpt 14
- Prof, when we took office, you got undated resignations from us.†
Chpt 26
- Then said, "Manuel, I can't accept your resignation.†
Chpt 26
- Nothing said about Wright, or about resigning.†
Chpt 27
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."