Modifies a noun

• acceptance: Therefore, the chief task of the rulers is always to secure the active or resigned acceptance of the majority of the citizens.

• smile: Eddie, who suffered so much and always had a resigned smile.

• air: To some extent there was a resigned air of deja vu.

• sigh: No more than a resigned sigh and a swift move on to the next question.

• tone: But, as the years have passed, a resigned, disdainful tone has crept into their responses.

• attitude: Yet this resigned, lukewarm attitude does not create the right atmosphere for true harmonious existence.