being willing to calmly accept something unpleasant or difficult that you cannot change a resigned sigh resigned to something/doing something He was resigned to never seeing his birthplace again.
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NAmE//rɪˈzaɪnədli//
adverb “I suppose you're right,” she said resignedly.See resigned in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: resigned