resignation.
The act of resigning.
Meaning & usage
The act of resigning.
Jane tendered 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.
The form by which a vassal returns the feu into the hands of a superior.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English resignacion, resignacioun, from Old French resignation, from Medieval Latin resignātiōnem, accusative of resignātio. Equivalent to resign + -ation.
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