The act of voluntarily leaving a job or position, or accepting something undesirable but unavoidable.
From Latin 'resignare' meaning 'to unseal' or 'to give back,' combining 're-' (back) + 'signare' (to seal). Roman officials literally broke their official seals when leaving office, symbolically 'unsealing' their authority. The emotional meaning of accepting fate came from the idea of 'giving back' your resistance to God's will.
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