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ASVAB Word Knowledge 2.3 Vocab List. Which word is closest in meaning to resignation?

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Thank you We sneak in and here's your shmoop douceur

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brought to you by divorce Because death us card doesn't

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count when there's a snoring situation Check out the following

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sentence she faced her divorce with resignation Write the word

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resignation most nearly means what Acceptance depression rejection Dignity Sounds

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like what we go through every april fifteen Okay well

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here we go Marriage is a great institution which can

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also put people into an institution Hence the concept of

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divorce Now divorce is certainly difficult not to mention expensive

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process So what does it mean to face it with

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resignation Well here it's A bit tricky to pull meaning

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just from context We could certainly be be depressed about

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the divorce especially for losing all our best stuff Or

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maybe we could fall off and just see reject the

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whole affair Or we could always go The stoic groot

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noble baste the process with the dignity that must happen

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sometimes right like in tv shows or fantasy novel Those

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could all possibly be the correct definition of resignation here

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but they're not The best clue here is in breaking

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down the word resignation to find its root resign resign

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Means giving up on something accepting it So a acceptance

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is the best synonym for resignation Wife probably got something

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decent from the settlement So like maybe have the car

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