Definitions for resumptionrɪˈzʌmp ʃən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

re•sump•tionrɪˈzʌmp ʃən(n.)

  1. the act of resuming.

Origin of resumption:

1400–50; late ME < MF < LL resūmptiō= L resūm(ere) to resume+-tiō -tion

Princeton's WordNet

  1. resumption, recommencement(noun)

    beginning again

Wiktionary

  1. resumption(Noun)

    The act of resuming or starting something again.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Resumption(noun)

    the act of resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc

  2. Resumption(noun)

    the taking again into the king's hands of such lands or tenements as he had granted to any man on false suggestions or other error


Translations for resumption

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

resumption(noun)

to begin again after stopping

After tea, the meeting resumed; We'll resume the meeting after tea.

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