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