résigner

Cette tradition se perpétua jusqu’en 1770, date à laquelle les frères se résignèrent en raison de la lourde taxation.
This practice kept constant until 1770, when they gave up because of the unsustainable taxation.
Traqués dans les Antilles, de nombreux flibustiers ne se résignèrent pas à quitter cette vie d'aventure à laquelle ils s'étaient habitués.
Tracked in the Antilles, of many flibustiers did not resign themselves to leave this life of adventure to which they had been accustomed.
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