resignmentn.

Brit.

/rᵻˈzʌɪnm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/rəˈzaɪnm(ə)nt/,

/riˈzaɪnm(ə)nt/

Forms: see resign v.¹ and -ment suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: resign v.¹, -ment suffix.

Etymology: < resign v.¹ + -ment suffix, perhaps originally after Anglo-Norman resignement, resingnement act of resigning (a1284 or earlier; compare Old French resignement (13th cent.), Old Occitan resignament (1310), both in same sense). Compare earlier resign n., resignation n., resigning n.

Now rare.

The act of resigning; the quality or fact of being resigned; resignation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > [noun]

resignationc1380

resigning1395

upgivingc1423

cessionc1440

delivery?c1452

resign1457

remittinga1475

resignment1543

surrendry1547

resignal?1573

quittancea1593

relinquishment1593

delinquishment1603

abandon1614

surrendering1648

untaking1657

permission1677

vacating1820

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > [noun] > acceptance of circumstances

resignation?1504

contentation1567

resignedness1635

content1646

resignment1659

reconcilement1726

coming to terms1843

resignationism1898

1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 291 (MED) His title he sought By resignement and renunciacion, By depoisale and playne coronacion.

1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xvii. 69 With his life [he] made resignement of the kingdome of Macedon.

1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God 8 That Love which results..from an entire resignement to..the Lov'd Party.

1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. vi. 103 Time..begets in us that Resignment of Temper, which ought to have been produced by a better Cause.

1774 B. Trumbull Plea Vindic. Connecticut Title Contested Lands 46 An actual and absolute surrender and resignment, on the part of the colony of Connecticut of all the lands specified in said settlements belonging to the duke of York.

1825 R. Southey Tale of Paraguay in Poet. Wks. VII. 22 In this resignment to their hopeless case.

1891 Q. Reg. Current Hist. Feb. 10 It was feared that the Chancellor's resignment portended a precipitation of the inevitable war.

1966 G. Baxt Queer Kind of Death (1969) xii. 126 A voice that seemed to come from an echo chamber, it rang so hollow with resignment.

2006 Philadelphia Daily News (Nexis) 27 June 70 Howls of protest over the call gave way to head-shaking and resignment.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	resignment
释义	resignmentn. Brit. /rᵻˈzʌɪnm(ə)nt/, U.S. /rəˈzaɪnm(ə)nt/, /riˈzaɪnm(ə)nt/ Forms: see resign v.¹ and -ment suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: resign v.¹, -ment suffix. Etymology: < resign v.¹ + -ment suffix, perhaps originally after Anglo-Norman resignement, resingnement act of resigning (a1284 or earlier; compare Old French resignement (13th cent.), Old Occitan resignament (1310), both in same sense). Compare earlier resign n., resignation n., resigning n. Now rare. The act of resigning; the quality or fact of being resigned; resignation. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > [noun] resignationc1380 resigning1395 upgivingc1423 cessionc1440 delivery?c1452 resign1457 remittinga1475 resignment1543 surrendry1547 resignal?1573 quittancea1593 relinquishment1593 delinquishment1603 abandon1614 surrendering1648 untaking1657 permission1677 vacating1820 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > [noun] > acceptance of circumstances resignation?1504 contentation1567 resignedness1635 content1646 resignment1659 reconcilement1726 coming to terms1843 resignationism1898 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 291 (MED) His title he sought By resignement and renunciacion, By depoisale and playne coronacion. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xvii. 69 With his life [he] made resignement of the kingdome of Macedon. 1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God 8 That Love which results..from an entire resignement to..the Lov'd Party. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. vi. 103 Time..begets in us that Resignment of Temper, which ought to have been produced by a better Cause. 1774 B. Trumbull Plea Vindic. Connecticut Title Contested Lands 46 An actual and absolute surrender and resignment, on the part of the colony of Connecticut of all the lands specified in said settlements belonging to the duke of York. 1825 R. Southey Tale of Paraguay in Poet. Wks. VII. 22 In this resignment to their hopeless case. 1891 Q. Reg. Current Hist. Feb. 10 It was feared that the Chancellor's resignment portended a precipitation of the inevitable war. 1966 G. Baxt Queer Kind of Death (1969) xii. 126 A voice that seemed to come from an echo chamber, it rang so hollow with resignment. 2006 Philadelphia Daily News (Nexis) 27 June 70 Howls of protest over the call gave way to head-shaking and resignment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1543
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