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res⋅ig⋅na⋅tion

  [rez-ig-ney-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of resigning.
2. a formal statement, document, etc., stating that one gives up an office, position, etc.
3. an accepting, unresisting attitude, state, etc.; submission; acquiescence: to meet one's fate with resignation.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MF < ML resignātiōn- (s. of resignātiō) a canceling, rescinding, equiv. to L resignāt(us) (ptp. of resignāre to resign; see -ate 1 ) + -iōn- -ion

Synonyms:
1, 2. abdication. 3. patience, compliance, forbearance.

Antonyms:
3. recalcitrance.
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res·ig·na·tion   (rěz'ĭg-nā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act or an instance of resigning.

  2. An oral or written statement that one is resigning a position or an office.

  3. Unresisting acceptance of something as inescapable; submission. See Synonyms at patience.

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