Both Uses
resignation
in
Inherit the Wind
(Edited)
- DAVENPORT sits, resigned but nervous.
Scene 2.2 *resigned = having accepted what is about to happen
- I am resigning my commission in the State Militia.
Scene 3.1 *resigning = quitting
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."