All 4 Uses of
resignation
in
Hoot
- Beatrice's face had become a mask of grim resignation.
p. 266.3resignation = acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable
- Soon afterward, he resigned from the pancake company and took a job as a cruise director in Miami.
p. 283.9 *resigned = quit (a job)
- There were the nagging headlines about the missing E.I.S., the embarrassing resignation of Kimberly Lou Dixon, the TV footage of Chuck Muckle throttling Kelly Colfax … and, last but not least, those darn owls.
p. 284.1resignation = the process of quitting a job
- It was a sweltering afternoon, but Roy had resigned himself to the fact that there was no change of seasons in South Florida, only mild variations of summer.
p. 289.5 *resigned = accepted something undesired as unavoidable
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