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Webster 1913 Edition
Resignation
1.
The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender;
as, the
. resignation
of a crown or commission2.
The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence;
as,
. resignation
to the will and providence of God
Syn. – Patience; surrender; relinquishment; forsaking; abandonment; abdication; renunciation; submission; acquiescence; endurance. See
Patience
. Webster 1828 Edition
Resignation
RESIGNA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim or possession; as the resignation of a crown or commission.2.
Submission; unresisting acquiescence; as a blind resignation to the authority of other men's opinions.3.
Quiet submission to the will of Providence; submission without discontent, and with entire acquiescence in the divine dispensations. This is christian resignation.Definition 2024
Resignation
Resignation
See also: resignation and résignation
German
Noun
Resignation f (genitive Resignation, no plural)
- resignation, state of uncomplaining, utter frustration
resignation
resignation
See also: Resignation and résignation
English
Noun
resignation (plural resignations)
- The act of resigning.
- A written or oral declaration that one resigns.
- State of uncomplaining, utter frustration.
Translations
act of resigning
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declaration that one resigns
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state of uncomplaining frustration
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