resignation
The act of resigning.
Example
“Jane tendered her resignation to the board of directors, but they refused.”
Other meanings
A written or oral declaration that one resigns.
“hand in one's resignation”
An uncomplaining acceptance of something undesirable but unavoidable.
“With resignation I acknowledged that after the accident I would not be able to ski again.”
Synonyms
- surrender
Related words
- nonresignation
- resignationism
- resignationist
- resignation syndrome
Word history
From Medieval Latin "resignātiōnem".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “resignation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.