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Definition of Resignedness
1. Noun. The state or condition of being resigned (passively accepting a situation). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Resignedness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Resignedness
Literary usage of Resignedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Familiar Letters of Ann Willson by Ann Willson (1850)
"... and yet there is a patriarchal dignity, a resignedness and meek submission,
that is not only touching but teaching; our beloved mother still presides ..."
2. The Friends' Library: Comprising Journals, Doctrinal Treatises, & Other by William Evans, Thomas Evans, Edith R. Hall (1842)
"But I must bow down before the Lord, which I was enabled to do in much resignedness,
and holy fear ; craving earnestly the continued favour and preservation ..."
3. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb by Maurice Henry Hewlett, Laurence Binyon, Edward James Hewlett, William Randolph Hearst, Jonathan Swift, Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, Edward Verrall Lucas, Frederick Madison Smith, Mariano Tomás (1905)
"Where be the blest subsiding* of the storm Within ; the sweet resignedness of
hope Drawn heavenward, and strength of filial love, In which I bow'd me to my ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"Submission, resignedness, were not in that changeful, vivacious, wilful nature ;
but, oh ! if only now the meekness of the more passive woman could somehow ..."
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