单词 | resignation |
释义 | resignation/rɛzɪɡˈneɪʃ(ə)n /noun 1An act of resigning from a job or office: he announced his resignation...
Synonyms departure, leaving, standing down, stepping down, retirement; giving up, vacating, relinquishment, renunciation, surrender, abdication informal quitting archaic demission 1.1A document conveying someone’s intention of resigning: I’ve handed in my resignation...
Synonyms notice, notice to quit, letter of resignation 1.2 Chess An act of ending a game by conceding defeat without being checkmated.New analysis has now come to light on what may have been a premature resignation in game 6....
2 [mass noun] The acceptance of something undesirable but inevitable: a shrug of resignation...
Synonyms patience, forbearance, tolerance, stoicism, endurance, fortitude, sufferance, lack of protest, lack of complaint, acceptance of the inevitable, fatalism, acceptance, acquiescence, compliance, passivity, passiveness, non-resistance, submission, docility, phlegm rare longanimity OriginLate Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin resignatio(n-), from resignare 'unseal, cancel' (see resign). |
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