'Resignation' definitions:
Definition of 'resignation'
From: WordNet
noun
Acceptance of despair [syn: resignation, surrender]
noun
The act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.)
noun
A formal document giving notice of your intention to resign; "he submitted his resignation as of next month"
Definition of 'Resignation'
From: GCIDE
- Resignation \Res`ig*na"tion\ (r[e^]z`[i^]g*n[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [F. r['e]signation. See Resign.]
- 1. The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or commission. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as, resignation to the will and providence of God. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Patience; surrender; relinquishment; forsaking; abandonment; abdication; renunciation; submission; acquiescence; endurance. See Patience. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'resignation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandonment,
- abdication,
- abeyance,
- abjuration,
- abjurement,
- acceptance,
- acclimation,
- acclimatization,
- acedia,
- acquiescence,
- adaptation,
- adjustment,
- aloofness,
- amenability,
- apathy,
- assent,
- ataraxia,
- ataraxy,
- benumbedness,
- blah,
- blahs,
- capitulation,
- cessation,
- cession,
- cold storage,
- comatoseness,
- comfort,
- complaisance,
- compliance,
- composure,
- conformity,
- consent,
- content,
- contentedness,
- contentment,
- deference,
- desistance,
- detachment,
- discontinuance,
- disinterest,
- dispassion,
- dispensation,
- disposal,
- disposition,
- dropping out,
- dullness,
- dumping,
- ease,
- entire satisfaction,
- euphoria,
- forbearance,
- forgoing,
- forswearing,
- fulfillment,
- getting rid of,
- giving up,
- handing over,
- happiness,
- heartlessness,
- hebetude,
- homage,
- hopelessness,
- humbleness,
- humility,
- inappetence,
- indifference,
- insouciance,
- kneeling,
- lack of appetite,
- languidness,
- lethargicalness,
- lethargy,
- letting go,
- listlessness,
- long-suffering,
- longanimity,
- lowliness,
- meekness,
- modesty,
- nonchalance,
- nonexercise,
- nonopposal,
- nonopposition,
- nonresistance,
- nonviolent resistance,
- notice,
- numbness,
- obedience,
- obeisance,
- passive resistance,
- passiveness,
- passivity,
- patientness,
- peace of mind,
- phlegm,
- phlegmaticalness,
- phlegmaticness,
- plucklessness,
- Quakerism,
- quietism,
- recantation,
- reconcilement,
- reconciliation,
- release,
- relinquishment,
- renouncement,
- renunciation,
- resignedness,
- retraction,
- riddance,
- sacrifice,
- satisfaction,
- sloth,
- sluggishness,
- sopor,
- soporifousness,
- spiritlessness,
- spunklessness,
- stupefaction,
- stupor,
- subjection,
- submission,
- submissiveness,
- submittal,
- supineness,
- surrender,
- suspension,
- swearing off,
- torpidity,
- torpidness,
- torpor,
- uncomplainingness,
- unconcern,
- waiver,
- well-being,
- withdrawing,
- withdrawnness,
- yielding