/rez'ig nay"sheuhn/ , n.
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: to meet one's fate with resignation.
[ 1350-1400; ME resignation- (s. of resignatio ) a canceling, rescinding, equiv. to L resignat ( us ) (ptp. of resignare to RESIGN; see -ATE 1 ) + -ion- -ION ]
Syn. 1, 2. abdication. 3. patience, compliance, forbearance.
Ant. 3. recalcitrance.