Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RES-IG-NA'TION, n. [Fr.]

1. The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim or possession; as, the resignation of crown or commission.
2. Submission; unresisting acquiescence; as, a blind resignation to the authority of other men's opinions. – Locke.
3. Quiet submission to the will of Providence; submission without discontent, and with entire acquiescence in the divine dispensations. This is Christian resignation.