resignation English · revision 10488

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1387|origins=fro resignation|origins=la-med resignatio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌɹɛz.ɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English resignacioun, [[bor|fro|resignation]] and directly from Medieval Latin resignātiō, resignātiōnem,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) from Latin resignāre, to unseal, annul, give back, resign (see [[resign]]).^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Abdication, the act of resigning an office, first a church benefice: 1387 in the OED, the late 14th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Resignment was also used.^(Etymonline) In general use the act of resigning an office is from 1412–20.^(OED 1989) Surrender of oneself to God is from about 1450, or about 1500 in the ''Imitation of Christ'',^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and the non-spiritual sense, acquiescence or submission, from 1647.^(OED 1989) In Scots law the return of a fee to a superior is from 1555.^(OED 1989) A written statement of resigning, and in chess resigning a game (1969), are later uses.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1387 – resigning a benefice.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1450 – surrender to God.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1555 – in Scots law.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1647 – acquiescence.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1969 – in chess.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of resigning a position or office.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A written or spoken statement that one is resigning.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Patient acceptance of something unavoidable; submission.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nonresignation]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[resign]]

+ * [[sign]]

+ * [[signature]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}