παραίτηση — meaning in English
paraitisi
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English meaning
- abdication noun The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
- resignation noun The act of formally giving up a job or position, or the letter announcing it.
Senses
παραίτηση is used for these senses in English:
- abdication The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
abdication — full definition
- noun The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
- noun The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
- noun The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power.
- noun The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
resignation — full definition
- noun The act of formally giving up a job or position, or the letter announcing it.
- noun A calm, uncomplaining acceptance of something unwanted but unavoidable.