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    resigned
    /rɪˈzʌɪnd/

    adjective

    • 1. having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about: "my response is a resigned shrug of the shoulders"

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  2. The meaning of RESIGNED is feeling or showing acceptance that something unwanted or unpleasant will happen or cannot be changed —often used with to. How to use resigned in a sentence.

  3. RESIGNED definition: 1. accepting that something you do not like will happen because you cannot change it: 2. accepting…. Learn more.

  4. to give up a job or position by telling your employer that you are leaving: He resigned from the company in order to take a more challenging job. She resigned as director. She resigned the directorship. In the game of chess, you resign when you cannot see any way to avoid being beaten: Timman resigned a hopeless position.

  5. 1. : to give up one's office or position : quit. 2. : to accept something as inevitable : submit. resignedness. ri-ˈzī-nəd-nəs. noun. resigner.

  6. The word is especially used in phrases like resigned to ones fate or resigned to the fact that (something is happening). Resigned is also the past tense of the verb resign. Resign most commonly means to quit a job, but it can also mean to submit or yield.

  7. If you are resigned to an unpleasant situation or fact, you accept it without complaining because you realize that you cannot change it. He is resigned to the noise and mess. American English : resigned / rɪˈzaɪnd /

  8. to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally. Synonyms: leave, quit, abdicate, renounce. to relinquish (a right, claim, agreement, etc.). Synonyms: cede, surrender, forgo, give up. to give or sign over, as to the control or care of another: She resigned her child to an adoption agency.