resign oneself

resign oneself
To give up, stop resisting and come to accept.

He resigned himself to his fate and began the long walk home to face his wife.


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  • resign oneself — index bear (tolerate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • resign oneself to — index comply, endure (surfer) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • resign oneself to — Syn: reconcile oneself to, come to terms with …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • resign oneself — {v. phr.} To stop arguing; accept something which cannot be changed. * /When Jane s father explained that he could not afford to buy her a new bicycle, she finally resigned herself to riding the old one./ Compare: GIVE UP …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • resign oneself — {v. phr.} To stop arguing; accept something which cannot be changed. * /When Jane s father explained that he could not afford to buy her a new bicycle, she finally resigned herself to riding the old one./ Compare: GIVE UP …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • resign oneself — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. submit, become reconciled, accept, acquiesce; see agree to , yield 1 …   English dictionary for students

  • resign\ oneself — v. phr. To stop arguing; accept something which cannot be changed. When Jane s father explained that he could not afford to buy her a new bicycle, she finally resigned herself to riding the old one. Compare: give up …   Словарь американских идиом

  • resign oneself — submit without complaint, not fight against, accept quietly …   English contemporary dictionary

  • resign — [ri zīn′] vt. [ME resignen < MFr resigner < L resignare < re , back + signare, to SIGN] 1. to give up possession of; relinquish (a claim, etc.) 2. to give up (an office, position, etc.) vi. to give up an office, position of employment,… …   English World dictionary

  • be resigned or resign oneself to — accept that something undesirable cannot be avoided. → resign …   English new terms dictionary

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