resignation
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See also: Resignation and résignation
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French resignation, from Medieval Latin resignatio. Equivalent to resign + -ation.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
resignation (countable and uncountable, plural resignations)
- The act of resigning.
- Jane offered her resignation to the board of directors, but they refused.
- A written or oral declaration that one resigns.
- hand in one's resignation
- An uncomplaining acceptance of something undesirable but unavoidable.
- With resignation I acknowledged that after the accident I would not be able to ski again.
- (Scotland, law, historical) The form by which a vassal returns the feu into the hands of a superior.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
act of resigning
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declaration that one resigns
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state of uncomplaining acceptance
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