Question

Based on this excerpt from Ernest Hemingway's "In Another Country," what is the contextual meaning of the word resign? "I am sorry," he said, and patted me on the shoulder with his good hand. "I would not be rude. My wife has just died. You must forgive me." "Oh-" I said, feeling sick for him. "I am so sorry." He stood there biting his lower lip. "It is very difficult," he said. "I cannot resign myself." He looked straight past me and out through the window. Then he began to cry. "I am utterly unable to resign myself," he said and choked. And then crying, his head up looking at nothing, carrying himself straight and soldierly, with tears on both cheeks and biting his lips, he walked past the machines and out the door. accept it

Answer 1

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Answer 2

From the passage given above, 'resign' as used in the context of the excerpt means: to find it difficult to come to term with a reality, that is, to find it hard to get used to an idea.
Based on the way the word is used in this passage, the word 'resign' means that the man whose wife has died find it difficult to come to term with that fact, he find it hard to get used to the idea that he will not see his wife again forever. He could not resign himself to the fact that his wife is gone.