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 Plural for an act of resigning from a job or office 
      “The sudden resignation of a director should arouse your suspicion, as should significant changes in buying patterns.” 
  
Plural for a document conveying someone's intention of resigning 
      “It was from an old employee of the Patent Office, offering his resignation to the head of the department.” 
  
Plural for the acceptance of something undesirable but inevitable 
      “Across the Western world, commentators of various sorts have noted this growing public resignation to powerlessness.” 
  
Plural for a lack of emotion in the face of something undesirable but inevitable 
      “Above all, he seems to have been experiencing a growing mood of disillusionment, not so much despair as a stoic resignation to his fate.” 
  
Plural for express or tacit abandonment of a right or position, usually without assignment to another person 
Plural for the act of ceding or handing over something, or that which is ceded 
Plural for a belief in predetermined outcomes, accompanied by resignation, despair, and despondency 
Plural for mental strength, endurance or fortitude 
Plural for great embarrassment and shame 
Plural for the action or fact of abandoning or fleeing from a place or group 
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