SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
resigned
adjective
Accepting an unwelcome situation without further resistance.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Accepting an unwelcome outcome
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Usage distinction
Return to topResigned acceptance follows recognition that resistance is unlikely to help. Fatalistic implies belief in inevitability, and stoical emphasizes endurance without complaint.
CHECK THE MEANING IN CONTEXT
See resigned in use
She seemed resigned to postponing the trip until spring.
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.
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