[ri-zuhmp-shuh
n] 
| 1. | the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted. |
| 2. | the act or fact of taking up or going on with again, as of something interrupted. |
| 3. | the act of taking again or recovering something given up or lost. |
| re·sump·tion (rĭ-zŭmp'shən) n. The act or an instance of resuming; a beginning again: resumption of negotiations. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin resūmptiō, resūmptiōn-, recovery, from Latin resūmptus, past participle of resūmere, to resume; see resume.] |