English-Thai Dictionary

resignation

N การยอมจำนน  การยอม รับสภาพ  acceptance submission kan-yom-jam-non

 

resignation

N การ ลาออก  abdication retirement kan-la-ook

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RESIGNATION

n. 1. The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim or possession; as the resignation of a crown or commission.
2. Submission; unresisting acquiescence; as a blind resignation to the authority of other men's opinions.
3. Quiet submission to the will of Providence; submission without discontent, and with entire acquiescence in the divine dispensations. This is christian resignation.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RESIGNATION

Res `ig *na "tion (rz `g-n "shn ), n. Etym: [F. résignation. 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 comission.

 

2. The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as, resignation to the will and providence of God.

 

Syn. -- Patience; surrender; relinquisment; forsaking; abandonment; abdication; renunciation; submission; acquiescence; endurance. See Patience.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

resignation

res ig na tion |ˌrezigˈnāSHən ˌrɛzəɡˈneɪʃən | ▶noun 1 an act of retiring or giving up a position: he announced his resignation. • a document conveying someone's intention of retiring: I'm thinking of handing in my resignation. • Chess an act of ending a game by conceding defeat without being checkmated. 2 the acceptance of something undesirable but inevitable: a shrug of resignation. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin resignatio (n- ), from resignare ‘unseal, cancel ’ (see resign ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

resignation

res ¦ig |na ¦tion |rɛzɪgˈneɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 an act of resigning from a job or office: he announced his resignation. • a document conveying someone's intention of resigning: I've handed in my resignation. • Chess an act of ending a game by conceding defeat without being checkmated. 2 [ mass noun ] the acceptance of something undesirable but inevitable: a shrug of resignation. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin resignatio (n- ), from resignare ‘unseal, cancel ’ (see resign ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

resignation

resignation noun 1 his resignation from his post: departure, leaving, standing down, stepping down; informal quitting. 2 she handed in her resignation: notice, notice to quit, letter of resignation. 3 he accepted his fate with resignation: patience, forbearance, stoicism, fortitude, fatalism, acceptance, acquiescence, compliance, passivity.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

resignation

resignation noun 1 his resignation from his government post | the resignation of his ministerial portfolio: departure, leaving, standing down, stepping down, retirement; giving up, vacating, relinquishment, renunciation, surrender, abdication; informal quitting; archaic demission. 2 she toyed with the idea of handing in her resignation: notice, notice to quit, letter of resignation. 3 he confronted the indignities of old age with his usual resignation: 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. ANTONYMS resistance.

 

Duden Dictionary

Resignation

Re si g na ti on , Re si gna ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Resignati o n |die Resignation; Genitiv: der Resignation, Plural: die Resignationen Plural selten (altfranzösisch resignacion < ) mittellateinisch resignatio = Verzicht, zu lateinisch resignare, resignieren das Resignieren, das Sichfügen in das unabänderlich Scheinende lähmende Resignation erfasste, erfüllte sie | aus Resignation angesichts der Realität, über die Realiät, vor der Realität | in Resignation versinken

 

French Dictionary

résignation

résignation n. f. nom féminin Soumission. : Il accepta cette nouvelle épreuve avec résignation. SYNONYME renoncement . FORME FAUTIVE résignation. Anglicisme au sens de démission.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

resignation

res ig na tion /rèzɪɡnéɪʃ (ə )n /→resign 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 U «…(から )の » (正式な )辞任, 辞職 , 引退 «from , as » ; 〖形容詞的に 〗辞任の, 辞職の ▸ a letter of resignation ≒a resignation letter 辞表 ▸ announce [offer ] one's resignation as coach コーチの辞任を発表する [申し出る ]▸ call for [demand ] A's resignation Aの退陣を要求する 2 C 辞表 ▸ hand in [tender ] one's resignation 辞表を提出する 3 U (仕方なくいやなことを )甘受すること , あきらめ ; «…に対する » 忍従 «to » ; (権利などの )放棄 , 断念 ▸ with a sigh of resignation あきらめのため息をついて