resignation

Other forms of resignation

plural

resignations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about resignation

What does resignation mean?

resignation means "acceptance of despair". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in resignation?

resignation has 4 syllables: res-ig-na-tion. The stress falls on "na". In IPA it is /ˌɹɛzəɡˈneɪʃən/.

What is another word for resignation?

Close synonyms include surrender. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is resignation a common word?

resignation is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with resignation?

73 words rhyme with resignation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.