resignation

resignation
noun
1 giving up your job; letter of resignation
ADJECTIVE
▪ immediate
▪ shock (BrE), sudden, surprise, unexpected (esp. BrE)
▪ forced
▪ mass
VERB + RESIGNATION
▪ hand in, submit, tender
▪

She handed in her resignation following the dispute over company policy.

▪ announce
▪ withdraw
▪ offer (sb), proffer (formal)
▪ threaten
▪ lead to, prompt, provoke (BrE)
▪

The accusation prompted the resignation of the party leader.

▪ force
▪

Illness forced his resignation from the team.

▪ call for, demand
▪

The protesters called for his immediate resignation.

▪ accept
▪

She has refused to accept the resignation of her deputy.

▪ reject
RESIGNATION + VERB
▪ be effective, become effective
▪

My resignation is effective from May 1.

RESIGNATION + NOUN
▪ letter
▪ announcement
▪

His resignation announcement was widely expected.

▪ speech, statement
PREPOSITION
▪ resignation as
▪

her resignation as party leader

▪ resignation from
▪

A scandal led to his resignation from office.

PHRASES
▪ a call for sb's resignation
▪ a letter of resignation
▪ resignation on (the) grounds of sth (BrE)
▪

resignation on grounds of ill health

2 willingness to accept a difficult situation
ADJECTIVE
▪ weary
▪ quiet
PREPOSITION
▪ in resignation
▪

Hearing that the train was running late, he sighed in weary resignation.

▪ with resignation
▪

She spoke with resignation.

▪ resignation to
▪

resignation to fate

PHRASES
▪ a look of resignation, a sigh of resignation

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  • résignation — [ reziɲasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1265 1270 dr. « abandon volontaire d un droit »; de résigner 1 ♦ Vx Abandon. La résignation de soi même, de sa volonté. ⇒ abdication, renonciation (à). « La résignation qui nous est la plus difficile est celle de notre… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • resignation — res‧ig‧na‧tion [ˌrezɪgˈneɪʆn] noun [countable, uncountable] JOBS when someone officially states that they want to leave their job, position etc: • The board accepted their resignations, along with that of the vice chairman. • The finance… …   Financial and business terms

  • resignation — Resignation. s. f. v. Demission volontaire d un office, d un benefice en faveur de quelqu un. Faire resignation d un office, d un benefice. donner sa resignation en blanc. il n a pas voulu accepter la resignation qu on luy avoit faite. le Pape a… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Resignation — (von lat. re signare das Feldzeichen (signum) senken, kapitulieren; seine Unterschrift zurückziehen, widerrufen; vgl. Pease, s.u.) bezeichnet (etwa seit Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts) die menschliche Haltung bzw. Gestimmtheit des Sichfügens… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • resignation — I (passive acceptance) noun acquiescence, animus submissus, capitulation, deference, docility, endurance, fatalism, forbearance, fortitude, lack of complaint, lack of resistance, longanimity, meekness, nonresistance, obedience, passiveness,… …   Law dictionary

  • Resignation — ist kein Nihilismus; Resignation führt ihre Perspektiven bis an den Rand des Dunkels, aber sie bewahrt Haltung auch vor diesem Dunkel. «Gottfried Benn, Marginalien» Nichts ist erbärmlicher als die Resignation, die zu früh kommt. «Marie von Ebner… …   Zitate - Herkunft und Themen

  • Resignation — Res ig*na tion (r[e^]z [i^]g*n[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [F. r[ e]signation. See {Resign}.] 1. The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or commission. [1913 Webster] 2. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • resignation — late 14c., act of resigning (an office, etc.), from Fr. résignation (14c.), from M.L. resignationem, from L. resignare (see RESIGN (Cf. resign)). Meaning submission, acquiescence is from 1640s …   Etymology dictionary

  • resignation — [n1] relinquishment of responsibility abandonment, abdication, departure, giving up, leaving, notice, quitting, renunciation, retirement, surrender, tendering, termination, vacating, withdrawal; concepts 119,195,351 Ant. agreement, taking on… …   New thesaurus

  • resignation — Resignation, Eiuratio. On ne peut impetrer l office d un homme vivant, sinon par resignation, ou forfaicture, Petere magistratum perpetuum in locum viuentis non licet, nisi vltro se abdicantis vel noxae damnati commissoriae. B …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • resignation — [rez΄ig nā′shən] n. [ME < MFr resignation < ML resignatio] 1. a) the act of resigning b) formal notice of this, esp. in writing 2. patient submission; passive acceptance; acquiescence …   English World dictionary

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