resign oneself to fate

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• resign oneself — verb 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 …   Wiktionary

• resign — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French resigner, from Latin resignare, literally, to unseal, cancel, from re + signare to sign, seal more at sign Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. relegate, consign; especially to give (oneself)… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• fatality — /fay tal i tee, feuh /, n., pl. fatalities. 1. a disaster resulting in death. 2. a death resulting from such an occurrence: a rise in highway fatalities. 3. the quality of causing death or disaster; a fatal influence; deadliness. 4. predetermined …   Universalium

• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

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• Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium

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