Definitions for resignation

resignation res·ig·na·tion

Spelling: [rez-ig-ney-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌrɛz ɪgˈneɪ ʃən/

Resignation is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 1314 anagrams from letters in resignation (aegiinnorst).

Definitions for resignation

noun

  1. the act of resigning.
  2. a formal statement, document, etc., stating that one gives up an office, position, etc.
  3. an accepting, unresisting attitude, state, etc.; submission; acquiescence:

Origin of resignation

1350-1400; Middle English Middle French Medieval Latin resignātiōn- (stem of resignātiō) a canceling, rescinding, equivalent to Latin resignāt(us) (past participle of resignāre to Examples for resignation

Residents of Rome even called for his resignation for defying city ordinances.

Then she found that it was only stoicism, resignation, that they had learned.

They seized key government buildings and forced the resignation of then Prime Minister Mohammed Basindwa.

And the Captain accepted her decision with resignation of his own.

Just days before his resignation, Driscoll had been confronted with the results of the investigation by church elders.

In response, Greenberg offered the Times his resignation, which was refused.

I marvel at the sense of duty, the resignation, the sacrifice.

I wonder, now, could we persuade Matthew to send in his resignation.

Because when it comes to domestic violence, that kind of resignation can be lethal.

Everybody said that he had only succeeded in showing that his resignation was unnecessary.

Word Value for resignation
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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