resign oneself

verb

to give up, stop resisting and come to accept

“He resigned himself to his fate and began the long walk home to face his wife.”

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Meanings

verbresign oneself (third-person singular simple present resigns oneself, present participle resigning oneself, simple past and past participle resigned oneself)

present singular third person resigns oneself · participle present resigning oneself · participle past resigned oneself · past resigned oneself

  1. to give up, stop resisting and come to accept

    He resigned himself to his fate and began the long walk home to face his wife.

Translations

Catalan resignar-se
  • resignar-segive up
Danish resignere, affinde sig
  • resigneregive up
  • affinde siggive up
  • finde sig igive up
  • slå sig til tålsgive up
Dutch berusten, zich neerleggen
  • berustengive up
  • zich neerleggengive up
French se résigner
  • se résignergive up
German resignieren, sich abfinden
  • resignierengive up
  • sich abfindengive up
Hungarian belenyugszik, beletörődik
  • belenyugszikgive up
  • beletörődikgive up
Italian rassegnarsi, acquiescere
  • rassegnarsigive up
  • acquiesceregive up
Polish poddawać się, poddać się
  • poddawać sięgive up
  • poddać sięgive up
Portuguese conformar-se
  • conformar-segive up
Romanian se resemna
  • se resemnagive up
Spanish resignarse
  • resignarsegive up
Swedish resignera, finna sig i
  • resigneragive up
  • finna sig igive up
Cite this entry
APA

resign oneself. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resign%20oneself

MLA

“resign oneself.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resign%20oneself. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resign oneself,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resign%20oneself.

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