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reˇsigned  audio  (r-znd) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:
Feeling or marked by resignation; acquiescent: "I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do" (Willa Cather).


OTHER FORMS:
reˇsignedˇly   (-znd-l) KEY  (Adverb), reˇsignedˇness (Noun)


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