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   resignation

   /ˌrɛzɪɡˈneɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. an act of resigning from a job or office: "he announced his resignation" Similar departureleavingstanding downstepping downretirementgiving upvacatingrelinquishmentrenunciationsurrenderabdicationinformal:quittingarchaic:demission
   • ▪ a document conveying someone's intention of resigning: "I've handed in my resignation" Similar noticenotice to quitletter of resignation
   • ▪ an act of ending a game by conceding defeat without being checkmated.
   • 2. the acceptance of something undesirable but inevitable: "a shrug of resignation" Similar patienceforbearancetolerancestoicismendurancefortitudesufferancelack of protestlack of complaintacceptance of the inevitablefatalismacceptanceacquiescencecompliancepassivitypassivenessnon-resistancesubmissiondocilityphlegmrare:longanimityOpposite resistance

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin resignatio(n-), from resignare ‘unseal, cancel’ (see resign).

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