resign oneself

English

Verb

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

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

give up

Catalan: resignar-se (ca)
Danish: resignere, affinde sig med, finde sig i, slå sig til tåls (da)
Dutch: berusten (nl), zich neerleggen (nl)
French: se résigner (fr)
German: resignieren (de), sich abfinden (de)
Hungarian: belenyugszik (hu), beletörődik (hu)
Italian: rassegnarsi (it), acquiescere (it)
Portuguese: conformar-se
Romanian: se resemna (ro)
Spanish: resignarse (es)
Swedish: resignera (sv), finna sig i

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