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resignation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌɹez.ɪɡˈnæɪ.ʃən/ (Australia)
• /ˌɹɛz.ɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən/ (Canada, UK, US)
• /ˌɹez.əɡˈnæɪ.ʃən/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle English resignacion, resignacioun, from Old French resignation, from Medieval Latin resignātiōnem, accusative of resignātio. Equivalent to resign + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of resigning.
   • I knew my Cabinet well, and despite Haig's reports that they were all holding firm I knew that there would be great pressure on them all, and great temptations, to make public demands for my resignation. That was something I had to prevent if I possibly could. I was determined not to appear to have resigned the presidency because of a consensus of staff or Cabinet opinion or because of public pressure from the people around me. For me and no less for the country, I believed that my resignation had to be seen as something that I had decided upon completely on my own. 1978, Richard Nixon, “The Presidency 1973–1974”, in RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1064:
   • David Cameron tries to deal with things with humour when they’re the most difficult, and [the next morning]^([sic]) he walked into the office where we’d been drafting a resignation statement for him, and he said: “Well, that didn’t go well, did it?” 2026 June 23, Craig Oliver, quotee, “‘Geldof started flicking Vs at Farage’: the story of the Brexit campaign, told by those with a front-row seat”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • Jane tendered her resignation to the board of directors, but they refused.
2. (countable, uncountable) A written or oral declaration that one resigns.
   • hand in one's resignation
3. (countable, uncountable) An uncomplaining acceptance of something undesirable but unavoidable.
   • With resignation I acknowledged that after the accident I would not be able to ski again.
4. (countable, historical, qualifier:Scots law, uncountable) The form by which a vassal returns the feu into the hands of a superior.

Forms

Deriveds

resignationism · resignationist · resignation syndrome · nonresignation

Synonyms

resignment

Translations (117)

be адста́ўка (act of resigning) · ja 辞任 (act of resigning) · mk оставка (act of resigning) · vi từ chức (act of resigning) · es renuncia (declaration that one resigns) · fr résignation (state of uncomplaining acceptance) · ru смире́ние (state of uncomplaining acceptance) · bg оста́вка (act of resigning) · eo rezignacio (state of uncomplaining acceptance) · ps استعفا (act of resigning) · sk demisia (declaration that one resigns) · pl rezygnacja (state of uncomplaining acceptance) · es dimisión (act of resigning) · nl gelatenheid (state of uncomplaining acceptance) · ca dimissió (act of resigning) · la abdicātiō (act of resigning) · km ការលាឈប់ (act of resigning) · sk rezignácia (state of uncomplaining acceptance) · is uppsögn (act of resigning) · hu lemondás (act of resigning) · ml രാജി (act of resigning) · de Resignation (state of uncomplaining acceptance) · pt resignação (state of uncomplaining acceptance) · de Kündigung (act of resigning) · mi rihainatanga (act of resigning) · sk odstúpenie (declaration that one resigns) · tr istifa (act of resigning) · sk rezignácia (declaration that one resigns) · nb oppsigelse (act of resigning) · fr démission (declaration that one resigns) · it dimissioni (act of resigning) · uk відста́вка (act of resigning) · et lahkumispalve (act of resigning) · de Niederlegung (act of resigning) · es resignación (state of uncomplaining acceptance) · ru отста́вка (act of resigning) · pl rezygnacja (act of resigning) · ug ئىستىپا (act of resigning) · cs rezignace (act of resigning) · ru заявле́ние (declaration that one resigns) · pl dymisja (act of resigning) · sl odpoved (act of resigning) · uz isteʻfo (act of resigning) · eo demisio (act of resigning) · eo abdiko (act of resigning) · cmn 辭職書 /辞职书 (declaration that one resigns) · ar اِسْتِقَالَة (act of resigning) · fa-ira تَسْلیم (state of uncomplaining acceptance) · fi alistuminen (state of uncomplaining acceptance) · hu rezignáció (state of uncomplaining acceptance) · ja 辞職 (act of resigning) · bg примире́ние (state of uncomplaining acceptance) · pl rezygnacja (declaration that one resigns) · eo eksiĝo (act of resigning) · fr démission (act of resigning) · it fuoriuscita (act of resigning) · da fratrædelse (act of resigning) · ko 사임 (act of resigning) · tt отставка (act of resigning) · nl aftreding (act of resigning) · lt atsistatydinimas (act of resigning) · de Rücktrittserklärung (declaration that one resigns) · sv avgång (act of resigning) · az istefa (act of resigning) · sw mucsidjr (state of uncomplaining acceptance) · fa-ira اِسْتِعْفا (act of resigning) · fi ero (act of resigning) · ka გადადგომა (act of resigning) · ja 辞表 (declaration that one resigns) · it rassegnazione (state of uncomplaining acceptance) · ro demisie (act of resigning) · bg оста́вка (declaration that one resigns) · kmr îstîfa (act of resigning) · ru ухо́д (act of resigning) · is tilkynning um uppsögn (declaration that one resigns) · hu belenyugvás (state of uncomplaining acceptance) · kk отставка (act of resigning) · pt demissão (act of resigning) · fi eroanomus (declaration that one resigns) · fi irtisanoutuminen (act of resigning) · tg истеъфо (act of resigning) · es renuncia (act of resigning) · el παραίτηση (declaration that one resigns) · ar اِسْتِعْفَاء (act of resigning) · sq dorëheqje (act of resigning) · sh о̀ста̄вка (act of resigning) · hu lemondás (declaration that one resigns) · sl odstop (act of resigning) · hi इस्तीफ़ा (act of resigning) · ko 사임 (declaration that one resigns) · is uppsagnarbréf (declaration that one resigns) · cmn 辭呈 /辞呈 (declaration that one resigns) · de Rücktritt (act of resigning) · mi rīhainatanga (act of resigning) · lv demisija (act of resigning) · ms perletakan jawatan (act of resigning) · ko 사직 (act of resigning) · id pengunduran diri (act of resigning) · lv atkāpšanās (act of resigning) · cmn 辭職 /辞职 (act of resigning) · gd toirt suas (act of resigning) · eo demisio (declaration that one resigns) · sk rezignácia (act of resigning) · yue 劈炮 (act of resigning) · ur اِسْتِعْفا (act of resigning) · hy հրաժարական (act of resigning) · eo abdiko (declaration that one resigns) · lt dimisija (act of resigning) · da fratræden (act of resigning) · sh òstāvka (act of resigning) · et lahkumisavaldus (act of resigning) · ky отставка (act of resigning) · hu beletörődés (state of uncomplaining acceptance) · el εγκαρτέρηση (state of uncomplaining acceptance) · uk зая́ва (declaration that one resigns) · el παραίτηση (act of resigning) · it uscita (act of resigning)