resignation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun acceptance of despair
  2. noun the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.)
  3. noun a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign

Etymology

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

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Synonyms

surrender

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