resigned

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(rĭ-zīnd') pronunciation
adj.
Feeling or marked by resignation; acquiescent: "I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do" (Willa Cather).

resignedly re·sign'ed·ly (-zī'nĭd-lē) adv.
resignedness re·sign'ed·ness n.

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adjective

  1. Submitting without objection or resistance: acquiescent, nonresistant, passive, submissive. See resist/yield.
  2. Enduring or capable of enduring hardship or inconvenience without complaint: forbearing, long-suffering, patient. See accept/reject.


adj

Definition: enduring, passive
Antonyms: intolerant, resistant

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - resigneret

Nederlands (Dutch)
berustend, afgetreden

Français (French)
adj. - résigné

Deutsch (German)
adj. - resigniert

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - καρτερικός, ανεχόμενος, υποτακτικός

Italiano (Italian)
rassegnato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - resignado, demissionário

Русский (Russian)
смирившийся, примирившийся

Español (Spanish)
adj. - resignado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - avgången, undergiven

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
认命的, 听任的, 服从的, 已辞职的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 認命的, 聽任的, 服從的, 已辭職的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 단념한, 체념한, 사직한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - あきらめている, 忍従している, 辞職した, 諦めた

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مستقيل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮משלים, נכנע, סובל בדומייה‬


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