resignedadj.
/rᵻˈzʌɪnd/, U.S. /rəˈzaɪnd/, /riˈzaɪnd/ 1.
a. Originally: (of the will, heart, etc.) that has been surrendered or committed to God. Later: (of a gesture, attribute, etc.) characteristic of or characterized by resignation.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [adjective]
GodfrightOE
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evangelica1475
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resigneda1555
heavenly minded1569
timorate1570
Godfull1593
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fearful1597
devoutful1598
devotea1625
serious1684
unctuous1742
theopathetic1749
fire-spirited1845
theopathic1846
unctional1849
interior1854
devotionate1864
sacramental1874
pi1891
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > [adjective] > resigning > characterized by or expressing
resigned1749
resignful1876
a1555 J. Bradford Godlie Medit. Lordes Prayer (1562) sig. Lviiv I maye accustome my self to deny my wil, in more easye & pleasant things of this life, yt when nede shal be I may come wt christ to thee wt a resigned wil.
1602–5 Short Rule Good Life (new ed.) Pref. sig. A5v In that combat, wherein not fleshe and bloud, not..malice and rancour, but a mortified minde, and a resigned heart into Gods handes obtayneth the victory.
1651 J. Ellistone tr. J. Böhme Signatura Rerum xi. 132 The Soul was tempted forty days in the Humane property, whether it would eat of Gods Word, and live in full Resigned obedience in the Will of God.
a1671 J. Worthington Great Duty Self-resignation (1675) Pref. sig. A7v The Author's repeating some of his Motives to the seeking among his Directions for the obtaining a Resigned Temper.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. vi. iii. 245 He should insist on the most resigned Obedience from his Daughter. View more context for this quotation
1798 Heir of Montague II. ii. 53 His dark eyes had an expression of resigned misery.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Two Voices in Poems (new ed.) II. 122 Thought resign'd, A healthy frame, a quiet mind.
1885 J. K. Jerome On Stage 111 A limp horse that..looked the picture of resigned misery.
1959 Times 16 Dec. 3/2 Here the world ends neither with a bang nor a whimper, but with a slow, resigned sigh.
1963 C. L. R. James Beyond Boundary vi. 85 Whenever I pulled a boner about some technical detail, or played a stupid stroke, his face registered a resigned look.
2007 Time Out N.Y. 1 Mar. 83/1 Resigned as that sentiment seems in an age of proactive problem-solving, it's essentially the conclusion drawn.
b. Of a person: that has resigned himself or herself to something.
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1632 H. Hawkins Hist. S. Elizabeth ii. ii. 171 I am wholely resigned to that which is yours, and the will of God.
1660 T. Stanley tr. J.-H. Quarré Spirit. Treasury ii. vii. 110 A perfect Christian..must possess God, and be resigned to the conduct of the spirit of God.
1747 tr. Mem. Nutrebian Court II. 91 Resigned to death with the heroick firmness of a primitive christian.
1781 W. Cowper Charity 151 To deep sadness sullenly resign'd.
1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 9 Calm, but not overcast, he stood resign'd To the decree.
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. ii. ii. 127 Evelyn..had grown in some measure reconciled and resigned to her change of abode.
1870 W. Collins Man & Wife II. vl. 333 Julius, hungry for more music, and resigned to circumstances, asked for no more.
1927 United Amer. 19 Nov. 4/1 All those ‘prominenti’, the so-called leaders of the colony, may as well become resigned to their fate.
1966 Listener 29 Sept. 454/3 The older teachers are resigned to the low standards and the high rate of drop-out.
2002 D. Lundy Way of Ship (2003) iii. 113 By the end of the week, Maguire the landlubber labourer seemed resigned to becoming a sailor.
c. Without construction: full of resignation; submissive, acquiescent; philosophical; fatalistic.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > [adjective] > resigning > resigned
resigneda1671
que sera sera1926
upgiven1947
a1671 J. Worthington Great Duty Self-resignation (1675) i. iv. 23 Those Eternal Characters of Goodness and Righteousness..are copied out and transcribed in the Soul of a Resigned Christian.
1699 J. Collier Def. Short View Eng. Stage 44 I wonder at his being so Resign'd. What, not care to have stark Nonsense found upon him!
1759 T. Gray Epit. Tomb-stone in Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 485 In agony, in death resign'd.
1812 J. Wilson Isle of Palms iii. 276 Though ever lost to human kind And all they love, they are resign'd.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 170 Anne..assumed the interesting character of a meek, resigned sufferer.
1894 Ld. Wolseley Life Marlborough I. 284 Sufficiently philosophical to be resigned, he was yet too ambitious to be contented.
1914 E. von Arnim Pastor's Wife xviii. 212 It was easier to be resigned than to be energetic.
1966 N. Coward Diary 6 Feb. (2000) 623 This was a bit of a blow when the doctor told me, but I am now resigned.
2004 J. Burchill Sugar Rush (2005) 203 I finally opened my eyes, more resigned than repelled, to register her grand-standing smirk.
2. That has been given up, abandoned, or surrendered. Formerly also with †up. Now rare.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > [adjective]
yieldena1542
yielded1591
resigned1611
surrendered1876
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xii. 564/1 Edward being thus dekinged, the Embassie rode ioyfully backe to London to the Parliament, with the resigned Ensignes.
1651 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa II. i. vii. 298 The receiveing a resign'd up Mistris, is like loseing a life for a Freind.
1656 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa V. iii. ii. 78 He shipt his army for Italy in the resigned up Fleet of the Ponticke King.
1806 J. Stewart Acct. Prince Edward Island 207 The proprietor of this township in 1783, resigned one fourth part thereof.., and some people..took up part of these resigned lands.
1926 ‘An Indian Mahomedan’ Brit. India xxxii. 431 The Amir binding himself to make no attempt to exercise his influence..in any of the resigned territories.
3. That has resigned from a position or office, from membership of an organization, etc.
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society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [adjective] > having vacated office
quondam1547
emerited1664
ret.1767
resigned1777
ret'd1826
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society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > vacating a position > resigning > resigned
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1777 C. Caraccioli Life Ld. Clive III. 188 One of the resigned officers happening at that moment to come on the parade, the captain ordered him to take the command.
1832 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 287/2 The Abbé Montesquieu, one of the resigned peers.
1896 Daily News 11 Mar. 4/7 A major..has threatened an action for libel against one of the resigned officers.
1948 Rev. Politics 10 349 Under the electoral law, he would automatically take the place of the resigned member.
2003 E. S. Cooper William Worth Belknap xxi. 286 They found that no resigned officer had ever been impeached.
Compounds
Complementary, as resigned-looking, etc.
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1840 G. Webster Ingliston xvii. 178 She was composed and resigned-looking, and expressed much shame and sorrow at appearing so much agitated on the preceding evening.
1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 4 Mar. a1 If your opponents consistently do the right thing in bridge's ‘iffy’ situations, the reason may be your furrowed brow, or that resigned-sounding five-spade bid you just made.
1995 C. B. Eayres et al. in I. Marková & R. Farr Representations of Health, Illness & Handicap iv. 76 The ‘Kevin’ poster..portrays a rather resigned looking lad who is in a position of dependency.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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