Vocabulary
체념하다
to resign oneself; give up hope
Meaning
체념하다 — to resign oneself; give up hope
Why this form?
포기하다 — give up : means abandoning an effort or goal; 체념하다 means resigning oneself to a reality seen as unavoidable.
Hanja
諦念 — 諦: discern; 念: thought; literal components behind the present meaning.
Forms not to confuse
포기하다
아직 포기하지 마세요. — Do not give up yet.
Examples
하지만 지민은 체념한 듯 더는 아무 말도 하지 않는다. — But Jimin, seemingly resigned, says nothing more.
결국 그는 체념했어요. — Eventually he resigned himself.