Definition of Resignation

1. Noun. Acceptance of despair.

Exact synonyms: Surrender
Generic synonyms: Despair
Specialized synonyms: Defeatism
Derivative terms: Resign

2. Noun. The act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.).
Generic synonyms: Speech Act
Specialized synonyms: Abdication, Stepping Down, Renouncement, Renunciation
Derivative terms: Resign, Resign

3. Noun. A formal document giving notice of your intention to resign. "He submitted his resignation as of next month"
Generic synonyms: Document, Papers, Written Document
Specialized synonyms: Abdication, Stepping Down
Derivative terms: Resign

Definition of Resignation

1. n. The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission.

Definition of Resignation

1. Noun. the act of resigning ¹

2. Noun. a written or oral declaration that one resigns ¹

3. Noun. state of uncomplaining, utter frustration ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Resignation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Resignation

residuous
residuum
residuums
resift
resifted
resifting
resifts
resight
resighted
resighting
resights
resign
resign'd
resign oneself
resignal
resignation
resignations
resigned
resigned(p)
resignedly
resignedness
resignednesses
resignee
resignees
resigner
resigners
resignified
resignifies
resignify
resignifying

Literary usage of Resignation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"То the township board of the Township of St. Joseph, County of Berrien, State of Michigan- I hereby tender my resignation of the of- lice of supervisor of ..."

2. Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives by Clarence A. Cannon, United States Congress. House, Thomas Jefferson (1919)
"OF LETTERS OF Resignation. If a Member resigns directly to the House he may do so by a letter in this form: WASHINGTON, DC, , . ..."

3. Treaty of Peace with Germany by Germany (1918- ), Germany (1918- ) Treaties, etc. 1918-, Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920), United States Congress Senate, Germany, etc. 1918 Treaties, June 28 Treaty with Germany, 1919 (1919)
"I have therefore submitted my resignation to the Secretary of State and have written the appended note to the President. I hope you will bring it to his ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"WE noted last week that the regents of the University of Michigan, had refused to accept President Angell's resignation. Dr. Angell's communication to the ..."

5. The Law-dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the ...by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger (1835)
"Every parson who resigns a benefice must make the resignation to his superior; as an incumbent to the bishop, a bishop to the archbishop, and an archbishop ..."

6. French Educational Ideals of Today: An Anthology of the Molders of French by Frederic Ernest Farrington (1919)
"Resignation is wisdom, for the man who understands nature can only bow before ... Resignation is temperance, for man submits to the inevitable conditions of ..."

7. French Educational Ideals of Today: An Anthology of the Molders of French by Frederic Ernest Farrington (1919)
"Resignation OF all the virtues which the ancient moralists, especially those of the last period, have forcefully recommended, resignation is among the most ..."

8. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1853)
"Resignation, by George Washington, of the office of commander in-chief, to Congress, and answer of the President of Congress, 23d December, 1783. ..."

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