resignation

From Old French resignation, from Medieval Latin resignatio.

• IPA^(key): /ɹɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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.

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