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resignation|rɛzɪgˈneɪʃən|
Also 4–5 -cio(u)n, 6 -tioun; 5–6 resygnacyon.
[a. F. résignation, † -acion (14th c.), = Sp. resignacion, It. risegn-, rassegnazione, med.L. resignation-em: see resign v.1 and -ation.]
1. The (or an) action of resigning an office, etc.
a. Eccl. (See quots. 1598 and 1680.)
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VIII. 309 Also he reserved to hym self þe first benefice þat voyded by deeþ, by resignacioun, oþer by translacioun. 1467–8Rolls of Parlt. V. 591/2 What so ever Prebende, that..by deth, resignation, dymyssion, or eny other cause..happeth to fall voide. 1562Bk. of Presidentes 152 b, An Indenture vpon the resignacion of a benefice. 1598[Rastell] Termes Lawes 173/1 Resignation, is where an incumbent of a Church resigneth or leaueth to the Ordinarie, which did admit him to it, or to his successours, and that differeth from surrender. 1611Cotgr., Regrés, a resignation of a Benefice, vpon condition, that if during the Resignors life it become voyd by the resignation or death of the Resignee, it shall returne..vnto him. 1680Godolphin Rep. Can. (ed. 2) xxv. §3. 284 Resignation is Juris proprii spontanea Refutatio, or the voluntary yielding up of the Incumbent (into the hands of the Ordinary) his interest and right, which he hath in his Benefice. 1706tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. v. 91 That Resignations into the Pope's Hands are null, if the Resigner does not outlive his Resignation Twenty Days. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. 476 Archbishopricks and bishopricks may become void..by resignation. All resignations must be made to some superior. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) III. 38 It was contended on the part of the bishop, that although there were several adjudged cases upon the subject of general bonds of resignation [etc.]. 1873Phillimore Eccl. Law I. ii. xiii. 517 In this chapter the grave subject of the resignation of an office or benefice by a priest is considered.
attrib.1680Godolphin Rep. Can. (ed. 2) Index, Resignation-Bonds, whether good in Law.
b. In general use.
1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy i. 126 For whiche he made a resygnacion To his brother, next heyr by degre. 1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 547 And for the sayde resygnacyon shuld haue his full force and strengthe, he..redde the scrowle of resygnacyon hymselfe. 1593Shakes. Rich. II, iv. i. 179 The Resignation of thy State and Crowne To Henry Bullingbrooke. 1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 101 Immediately vppon this resignation, with a loude voice he nominateth the partie, whome in his iudgement hee thinketh woorthy to succeede in his place. 1658–9Burton's Diary (1828) IV. 237 Henry II. went thither and they made a resignation of their power to him. 1756Nugent Gr. Tour, Netherlands I. 217 The chair of leather gilt, in which Charles V. performed the ceremony of his resignation. 1789Constitution U.S. i. ⁋3 If vacancies [in the senate] happen by resignation or otherwise, the executive may make temporary appointments. 1848W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc's Hist. Ten Yrs. I. 481 When..the ministers learned the step that had been taken.., they..gave in their resignation. 1898Green's Encycl. Sc. Law X. 317 Resignation of Trustees.
c. In Chess.
1969A. Glyn Dragon Variation ix. 271 One or two of the inexpert protested at the resignation. (‘He hasn't been mated, has he? Why does he give up? Why doesn't he play on?’)
2. Sc. Law. ‘The form by which a vassal returns the fee into the hands of a superior’ (Bell).
1555Sc. Acts Mary (1814) II. 494/1 All resignatiounis to be maid be vassallis..of thair propirteis in the superiouris handis. 1569Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 670 To dispone heretablie the landis of Strathnaver..for payment of the sowme of four thowsand markis, be resignatioun, to be haldin of the King. a1768Erskine Inst. Law Scot. ii. vii. §17 The proper symbols of resignation are staff and baton. 1814Scott Wav. lxxi, It will cost but a charter of resignation in favorem. 1838W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 858 Resignation is made in virtue of a procuratory of resignation.
3. A giving up of oneself (to God).
c1450tr. De Imitatione iii. xlii. 112 Of pure resignacion of a mannys self. 1504W. Atkynson tr. De Imitatione iii. xlii. 231 If they make a hole resygnacyon & a dayly oblacion of them selfe. a1664Frank Serm. (1672) 212 A voluntary resignation of our selves and all that is ours to his choice, order, and disposing.
4. The fact of resigning oneself or of being resigned; acquiescence, submission, compliance.
1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §106 Though he was not superiour to all other men in the affection, or rather resignation of the King,..he had a full share in his Master's esteem. 1736Butler Anal. i. v. Wks. 1874 I. 109 The proper discipline for resignation is affliction. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xxxi. (1787) III. 243 Proba supported, with Christian resignation, the loss of immense riches. 1838Lytton Leila ii. ii, ‘Our day is come’ said the good knight Villena, with bitter resignation. 1881Brooks Candle of Lord 98 You want to show him the possibility of a resignation and delight in suffering.
b. Const. to a person, his will, etc.
1663Cowley Cutter Colman St. iv. iv, The same Obedience and Resignation to a Father's Will I found in my Aurelia. 1690Locke Hum. Und. iv. xvi. §4 A blind resignation to an authority which the understanding of man acknowledges not. 1711Steele Spect. No. 153 ⁋1 An abandoned Resignation to their Appetites. 1736Butler Anal. i. v. 141 Passive submission or resignation to his will. 1812Knox & Jebb Corr. II. 89 Resignation to God, whether in the way of obedience or of suffering, can be substantial, only so far as it grows out of knowledge and love.
5. attrib., as resignation letter, resignation rally, resignation speech.
a1974R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 713 When the word didn't come he was compelled to write his resignation letter.
1961Economist 2 Dec. 906/1 Democrats are beginning to repudiate their party at public ‘resignation rallies’.
1938H. Nicolson Diary 3 Oct. (1966) 374 It begins by Duff Cooper making his resignation speech.
Hence resigˈnationism (see quot.).
1898Contemp. Rev. May 736 Nietzsche..distinguishes between the ‘romantic pessimism’..and the ‘Dionysiac pessimism’... He brands the former as Resignationism. |