resignation
nomcourant dans les dialogues
- Canada//ˌɹɛz.ɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən//
- Australie//ˌɹez.ɪɡˈnæɪ.ʃən//
- Nouvelle-Zélande//ˌɹez.əɡˈnæɪ.ʃən//
The act of resigning.
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- 1
The act of resigning.
Jane tendered her resignation to the board of directors, but they refused.
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?”
- 2
A written or oral declaration that one resigns.
hand in one's resignation
- 3
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
historiqueThe form by which a vassal returns the feu into the hands of a superior.
Étymologie
From Middle English resignacion, resignacioun, from Old French resignation, from Medieval Latin resignātiōnem, accusative of resignātio. Equivalent to resign + -ation.
Formes
- pluriel
- resignations