resignment

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /rɪˈzaɪnmənt/ UK /rɪˈzaɪnmənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the act of resigning or relinquishing; resignation

His quiet resignment from the post surprised the whole committee.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the act of resigning or... resignationrelinquishmentabdication surrender renunciation

Opposites

retention

Word family

Related forms resign resignation sign assign

Etymology

From resign + -ment. Resign derives from Old French resigner, from Latin resignare ('to unseal, cancel, give up'), from re- ('back') + signare ('to mark, seal'), from signum ('mark, sign').

resignare Latin signum Latin

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# resignment

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /rɪˈzaɪnmənt/
**IPA (UK):** /rɪˈzaɪnmənt/

## Meanings
1. the act of resigning or relinquishing; resignation

## Examples
- His quiet resignment from the post surprised the whole committee.

## Synonyms
- resignation
- relinquishment
- abdication
- surrender
- renunciation

## Antonyms
- retention

## Related Forms
- resign
- resignation
- sign
- assign

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: resignare
- Root: signum

## Etymology
From resign + -ment. Resign derives from Old French resigner, from Latin resignare ('to unseal, cancel, give up'), from re- ('back') + signare ('to mark, seal'), from signum ('mark, sign').

## AI Etymology
Resignment comes from resign + -ment. Resign derives from Old French resigner, from Latin resignare ('to unseal, cancel, give up'), from re- ('back') + signare ('to mark, seal'), from signum ('mark, sign'). The historical chain includes Latin resignare and Latin signum. Older glosses in the chain include "to unseal, cancel, give up", "back", "to mark, seal", and "mark, sign", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, resignment is best read as compound, suffixal formation, and borrowing, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "the act of resigning or relinquishing; resignation". related forms include resign, resignation, sign, and assign. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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