All 3 Uses
resignation
in
The Water is Wide
(Edited)
- Mary, meanwhile, still looked dazed and resigned to a silent, unflinching suffering.
p. 145.8 *resigned = having accepted something undesired as unavoidable
- Therefore I wrote to Piedmont, offered my resignation for the following June, and offered to help find a replacement.
p. 270.1 *resignation = a document expressing that someone is quitting a job
- But because they were exemplary men, they offered me the chance to resign with honor and without a blot on my record, if I did not take the case to court.
p. 286.1resign = quit
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."