2 meanings, 5 uses
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1 —1 use as in:
submitted her resignation
Definition
to quit — especially a job or position; or a document expressing such an act
- all of whom expected the city reading job when and if Miss Armstrong resigned.Chapter 44 (45% in)
resigned = quit (a job)
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2 —1 use as in:
accepted it with resignation
Definition
acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils
- There was resigned regret that the new flat was not as nice as their Lorimer Street home.Chapter 14 (74% in)
resigned = accepted something undesired as unavoidable
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? —3 uses
exact meaning not specified
- And let resignation creep into it.Chapter 51 (32% in)
- He sighed in pretended resignation.Chapter 1 (87% in)
- Sighing, she resigned herself to a sinless life.Chapter 44 (42% in)
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