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resignation [ˌrɛzɪgˈneɪʃən] n
1. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) the act of resigning 2. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a formal document stating one's intention to resign 3. a submissive unresisting attitude; passive acquiescence ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
resignation noun 1. leaving, notice, retirement, departure, surrender, abandonment, abdication, renunciation, relinquishment He has withdrawn his letter of resignation. 2. acceptance, patience, submission, compliance, endurance, fortitude, passivity, acquiescence, forbearing, sufferance, nonresistance He sighed with profound resignation. acceptance protest, resistance, dissent, defiance, kicking up a fuss Translations resignation [ˌrezɪgˈneɪʃən] N 1. (= act) → dimisión f, renuncia f to offer or send in or hand in or submit one's resignation → presentar la dimisión 2. (= state) → resignación f (to a) to await sth with resignation → esperar algo resignado, esperar algo con resignación resignation [ˌrɛzɪgˈneɪʃən] n (from job, post, office) → démission f to tender one's resignation → donner sa démission to announce one's resignation → annoncer sa démission (= acceptance) → résignation f resignation n (from public appointment, committee) → Rücktritt m; (of employee) → Kündigung f; (of civil servant, clergyman) → Amtsniederlegung f; (of teacher) → Ausscheiden nt → aus dem Dienst; to hand in or tender (form) one’s resignation → seinen Rücktritt/seine Kündigung einreichen/sein Amt niederlegen/aus dem Dienst ausscheiden (form, of right, claim etc) → Verzicht m (→ of auf +acc) resignation [ˌrɛzɪgˈneɪʃ/ən] n b. (mental state) → rassegnazione f resignation [ˌrɛzɪgˈneɪʃ/ən] n b. (mental state) → rassegnazione f How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Joy and peace are not resignation; resignation is the willing endurance of a pain that is not allayed, that you don't expect to be allayed. Following on the Odes, we have much written in the same style, more often than not by women, or songs possibly written to be sung by them, always in a minor key, fraught with sadness, yet full of quiet resignation and pathos. As Oliver accompanied his master in most of his adult expeditions too, in order that he might acquire that equanimity of demeanour and full command of nerve which was essential to a finished undertaker, he had many opportunities of observing the beautiful resignation and fortitude with which some strong-minded people bear their trials and losses. |
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