resignation
nounCA, UK, US /ˌɹɛz.ɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən/ · AU /ˌɹez.ɪɡˈnæɪ.ʃən/
Etymology From Middle English resignacion, resignacioun, from Old French resignation, from Medieval Latin resignātiōnem, accusative of resignātio. Equivalent to resign + -ation.
1
The act of resigning.
- Jane tendered her resignation to the board of directors, but they refused.
- I knew my Cabinet well, and despite Haig's reports that they were all holding firm I knew that there would be great pressure on them all, and great temptations, to make public demands for my resignation. That was something I had to prevent if I possibly could. I was determined not to appear to have resigned the presidency because of a consensus of staff or Cabinet opinion or because of public pressure from the people around me. For me and no less for the country, I believed that my resignation had to be seen as something that I had decided upon completely on my own.1978, Richard Nixon, “The Presidency 1973–1974”, in RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1064:
1 more example
- David Cameron tries to deal with things with humour when they’re the most difficult, and [the next morning]^([sic]) he walked into the office where we’d been drafting a resignation statement for him, and he said: “Well, that didn’t go well, did it?”2026 June 23, Craig Oliver, quotee, “‘Geldof started flicking Vs at Farage’: the story of the Brexit campaign, told by those with a front-row seat”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
2
A written or oral declaration that one resigns.
- hand in one's resignation
3
An uncomplaining acceptance of something undesirable but unavoidable.
- With resignation I acknowledged that after the accident I would not be able to ski again.
4
Historical The form by which a vassal returns the feu into the hands of a superior.
- Synonyms
- resignment
- Derived terms
- nonresignation, resignationism, resignationist, resignation syndrome