{
    "term": "resignation",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the act of giving up your job or position; the occasion when you do this",
            "labels": "(British English)(British English)(North American English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(both especially British English)(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a letter of resignation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were calls for her resignation from the board of directors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Further resignations are expected."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The defeat led to his resignation as team manager."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His resignation announcement was widely expected."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Illness forced his resignation from the squad."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My resignation is effective from May 1."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The accusation prompted the resignation of the cabinet minister."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The protesters called for his immediate resignation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The protesters called for the immediate resignation of the minister."
                },
                {
                    "text": "her resignation as party leader"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Working life"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["immediate", "shock", "sudden"],
                "verb + resignation": ["hand in", "submit", "tender"],
                "resignation + verb": ["be effective", "become effective"],
                "resignation + noun": ["letter", "announcement", "speech"],
                "preposition": ["resignation as", "resignation from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a call for somebody’s resignation",
                    "a letter of resignation",
                    "resignation on (the) grounds of something"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a letter, for example to your employers, to say that you are giving up your job or position",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **offer/hand in/tender your resignation**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We haven't received his resignation yet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She handed in her resignation following the dispute over company policy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has refused to accept the resignation of her deputy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She tendered her resignation on grounds of ill health."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Working life"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["immediate", "shock", "sudden"],
                "verb + resignation": ["hand in", "submit", "tender"],
                "resignation + verb": ["be effective", "become effective"],
                "resignation + noun": ["letter", "announcement", "speech"],
                "preposition": ["resignation as", "resignation from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a call for somebody’s resignation",
                    "a letter of resignation",
                    "resignation on (the) grounds of something"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the quality of being willing to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation that you cannot change",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They accepted their defeat with resignation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He shrugged his shoulders with a look of resignation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She spoke with resignation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hearing that the train was running late, he sighed in weary resignation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "resignation to fate"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["weary", "quiet"],
                "preposition": ["in resignation", "with resignation", "resignation to"],
                "phrases": ["a look of resignation", "a sigh of resignation"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌrezɪɡˈneɪʃn/",
                "audio": "re/resignation/resignation__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌrezɪɡˈneɪʃn/",
                "audio": "re/resignation/resignation__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin resignatio(n-), from resignare ‘unseal, cancel’, from re- ‘back’ + signare ‘sign, seal’."
}