All 6 Uses

resignation
in
East of Eden
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I think I'll resign before I tell the sheriff, because he's sure as hell going to fire me afterward.
Chpt 18 *

resign = quit (from a job)
He has a gift of resigned loyalty without hope of reward.
Chpt 22 *

resigned = accept something undesired as unavoidable
You can't resign right this minute.†
Chpt 18
"I'd resign," said Adam.†
Chpt 47
I'd resign because I couldn't reject them.†
Chpt 47
He didn't have to resign from the draft board.†
Chpt 52

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."