resignation

See also: Resignation and résignation

English

Etymology

From Old French resignation, from Medieval Latin resignatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

resignation (countable and uncountable, plural resignations)

1. The act of resigning.
2. A written or oral declaration that one resigns.
3. State of uncomplaining acceptance in the face of something undesirable but unavoidable.
4. (Scotland, law, historical) The form by which a vassal returns the feu into the hands of a superior.

Translations

act of resigning

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 辭職 (zh), 辞职 (zh) (cízhí)

• Danish: fratræden
• Dutch: aftreding f
• Finnish: irtisanoutuminen
• French: démission (fr) f
• Georgian: გადადგომა (gadadgoma)
• German: Rücktritt (de) m
• Greek: παραίτηση (el) f (paraítisi)
• Hungarian: lemondás (hu)
• Icelandic: uppsögn f
• Italian: dimissioni (it) f pl

• Japanese: 辞任 (じにん, jinin), 辞職 (ja) (じしょく, jishoku)
• Khmer: ការលាឈប់ (karléachhbâ)
• Korean: 사임 (ko) (saim), 사직 (ko) (sajik)
• Maori: rihainatanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oppsigelse m

• Portuguese: demissão (pt) f
• Romanian: demisie (ro) f
• Russian: отста́вка (ru) f (otstávka), ухо́д (ru) m (uxód) (с до́лжности)
• Scottish Gaelic: toirt suas f
• Spanish: dimisión f, renuncia (es) f

declaration that one resigns

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 辭呈 (zh), 辞呈 (zh) (cíchéng), 辭職書 (zh), 辞职书 (zh) (cízhíshū)

• Finnish: irtisanoutuminen
• French: démission (fr) f
• German: Rücktrittserklärung (de) f

• Greek: παραίτηση (el) f (paraítisi)
• Icelandic: uppsagnarbréf n (letter of resignation), tilkynning um uppsögn (oral or written)
• Japanese: 辞表 (じひょう, jihyō)
• Russian: заявле́ние (ru) n (zajavlénije) (об отста́вке, об ухо́де с до́лжности)
• Spanish: renuncia (es) f

state of uncomplaining acceptance

• Dutch: gelatenheid f
• Finnish: irtisanoutuminen
• French: résignation (fr) f
• German: Resignation (de) f
• Greek: εγκαρτέρηση (el) f (egkartérisi)
• Hungarian: belenyugvás (hu)

• Italian: rassegnazione (it)
• Portuguese: resignação (pt) f
• Russian: смире́ние (ru) n (smirénije)
• Spanish: resignación f
• Swahili: mucsidjr

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