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resignation

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Definition of resignation

noun

  • 1an act of resigning from a job or office:he announced his resignation
  • a document conveying someone’s intention of resigning:I’ve handed in my resignation
  • Chess an act of ending a game by conceding defeat without being checkmated.
  • 2 [mass noun] the acceptance of something undesirable but inevitable:a shrug of resignation

Origin:

late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin resignatio(n-), from resignare 'unseal, cancel' (see resign)

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