resumption
noun /rɪˈzʌmpʃn/
/rɪˈzʌmpʃn/
[singular, uncountable] (formal)- the act of beginning something again after it has stopped
- We are hoping for an early resumption of peace talks.
- They demanded the immediate resumption of the aid programme.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘the action of reassuming possession of lands etc.’): from Old French resumption or late Latin resumptio(n-), from Latin resumpt-, past participle of resumere, from re- ‘back’ + sumere ‘take’.