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resigned

adjective

Reveal meaning and examples

Accepting an unwelcome situation without further resistance.

She seemed resigned to postponing the trip until spring.

Dictionary practice example.

Another passenger looked resigned after the reunion's display committee confirmed that her photographs had not been selected, and she stopped asking them to reconsider.

From A Reunion Delayed.

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