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resignation

 
 
/ˌrezɪgˈneɪʃən/ noun

Translation

LEAVE JOB [C, U] when someone tells their employer that they are leaving their job
istifa, çekilme, görevden ayrılma
a letter of resignation I handed in my resignation yesterday.1439
ACCEPT [U] when you accept something that you do not like because you cannot easily change it
boyun eğme, tevekkül, teslimiyet
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(Definition of resignation noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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