All 3 Uses
resignation
in
Typical American, by Gish Jen
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- It was as if, once she'd resigned herself to her new world, something had taken her over — a drive to make it hers.
Chpt 2.11 *resigned = accepted something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils
- Ralph started another list, What It Would Mean If Old Chao Were To Have To Resign In Shame.
Chpt 3.25 *resign = to quit a job or position
- Resignation crossed her face; it was not so much an expression as something that appeared to emanate from her pores.†
Chpt 3.21
Definitions:
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(resignation as in: submitted her resignation) to quit -- especially a job or position; or a document expressing such an act
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(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."