resigned
Gave up fighting
Resigned describes someone who has accepted something unpleasant or unwelcome without resistance: She gave a resigned sigh and agreed to help.
The word suggests quiet surrender rather than active protest—you've stopped fighting what seems inevitable.
To resign is to formally give up a position or office: He resigned from the board.
A resignation is the act of resigning or the state of being resigned.
Cease doing something
withdraw · step down · terminate · retire · abdicate · two weeks notice · severance · outgoing
Uncomplaining endurer of hardship
- passiveNot actively participating
- uncomplainingNot expressing dissatisfaction
- subduedReduced in intensity
- meekHumbly unassertive
docile · unresisting · compliant · dejected · dispirited · despondent · listless · apathetic
Submit without protest
- reconcileResolve a disagreement
- make peaceResolve conflict between parties
- come to termsAccept or reach agreement
- acceptConsent to receive
acknowledge · yield · concede · submit · relinquish · let go · surrender · capitulate
Having lost a contest
- vanquishedDefeated completely
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
- outmatchedInferior to one's opponent
- conqueredDefeated and took control
subdued · crushed · demoralized · unsuccessful · thwarted · bested · outplayed · undone
Certain to occur
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- predeterminedEstablished beforehand
- fatedDetermined by destiny
destined · doomed · kismet · karma · foregone · certain · immutable · unalterable
quit
Cease doing something
vacate · withdraw · step down · terminate · retire · abdicate · two weeks notice · severance · outgoing · former
stoic
Uncomplaining endurer of hardship
- passiveNot actively participating
- uncomplainingNot expressing dissatisfaction
- subduedReduced in intensity
meek · docile · unresisting · compliant · dejected · dispirited · despondent · listless · apathetic · fatalistic
acquiesce
Submit without protest
- reconcileResolve a disagreement
- make peaceResolve conflict between parties
- come to termsAccept or reach agreement
accept · acknowledge · yield · concede · submit · relinquish · let go · surrender · capitulate · bow
beaten
Having lost a contest
- vanquishedDefeated completely
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
- outmatchedInferior to one's opponent
conquered · subdued · crushed · demoralized · unsuccessful · thwarted · bested · outplayed · undone · finished
inevitable
Certain to occur
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- predeterminedEstablished beforehand
fated · destined · doomed · kismet · karma · foregone · certain · immutable · unalterable · irrevocable
resigneddefiant
Openly resisting control
rebellious · resistant · unyielding · recalcitrant · insubordinate
resignedhopeful
Feeling positive expectation
optimistic · determined · fighting · undaunted · unbowed
resignedemployed
Having paid work
retained · appointed · hired · continuing · reinstated
- resignation letterDocument announcing job departure
- letter of resignationWritten notice of quitting
- resign oneselfAccept the unavoidable
- forced resignationCompelled to step down
- resignation speechFormal exit announcement
- mass resignationMany employees quitting simultaneously
resign, resignation, resigns, resigning, resignedly, resigner