re ‧ signed /rɪˈzaɪnd/ BrE AmE adjective
1 . be resigned to (doing) something to calmly accept a situation that is bad, but cannot be changed:
She’s resigned to spending Christmas on her own.
Sam was resigned to the fact that he would never be promoted.
2 . a resigned look, voice etc shows that you are making yourself accept something that you do not like:
‘We’ll have to leave,’ she said with a resigned sigh.
—resignedly /rɪˈzaɪnədli, rɪˈzaɪnɪdli/ adverb