resumption
[ ri-zuhmp-shuh n ]
/ rɪˈzʌmp ʃən /
noun
the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
the act or fact of taking up or going on with again, as of something interrupted.
the act of taking again or recovering something given up or lost.
Origin of resumption
OTHER WORDS FROM resumption
non·re·sump·tion, nounWords nearby resumption
result,
resultant,
resultant tone,
resultingly,
resume,
resumption,
resumptive,
resumptive pronoun,
resupinate,
resupination,
resupine
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British Dictionary definitions for resumption
resumption
/ (rɪˈzʌmpʃən) /
noun
the act of resuming or beginning again
Derived forms of resumption
resumptive, adjective resumptively, adverbWord Origin for resumption
C15: via Old French from Late Latin
resumptiō, from Latin
resūmere to
resume