résigner

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See also: resigner

French

Etymology

From late Old French, borrowed from Latin resignāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁe.zi.ɲe/
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Verb

résigner

  1. (transitive) to relinquish, renounce
  2. (reflexive) to resign oneself (to)
    • 1939, Albert Camus, Noces:
      Car l’espoir, au contraire de ce qu’on croit, équivaut à la résignation. Et vivre, c’est ne pas se résigner.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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