All 3 Uses

resignation
in
Native Son
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...a sigh of resignation, a giving up, a surrender of something more than her body.
Book 2 *

resignation = acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable
I shall resign my office...
Book 3 *

resign = quit from
He picked up what remained of the loaf of bread and the music sang of surrender, resignation.†
Book 2

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."