resign oneself
Yield to inevitability
To resign oneself is to accept something unpleasant as inevitable, giving up resistance or hope for a different outcome: She resigned herself to a long wait.
The phrase suggests reluctant acceptance rather than enthusiastic embrace—you resign yourself to things you'd rather avoid but cannot change: He resigned himself to the fact that his playing days were over.
- give inCease resistance, concede
- throw in the towelConcede defeat voluntarily
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- white flagSignal of capitulation
- stoicismUncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
fatalism · acceptance · equanimity · come to terms with · capitulation · coping · quietism · yield · acquiescence · submit · concede · inevitability · c'est la vie · reconciliation · relinquish · let it go · habituation · admission
resign oneselfresist
Oppose or refuse compliance
fight back · rebel · oppose · defy · push back
resign oneselftake action
Begin doing something
assert oneself · take charge · take matters into one's own hands · seize control · act
resign oneselfnever give up
Maintain effort indefinitely
hope · keep faith · persevere · keep fighting
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