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re⋅sump⋅tion

[ri-zuhmp-shuhn]
–noun
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.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < MF < LL resūmptiōn- (s. of resūmptiō), equiv. to L resūmpt(us) (ptp. of resūmere to resume ) + -iōn- -ion
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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.]
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