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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

  1. noun The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
  2. noun The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
  3. noun The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power.
  4. noun The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.

resignation — full definition

  1. noun The act of formally giving up a job or position, or the letter announcing it.
  2. noun A calm, uncomplaining acceptance of something unwanted but unavoidable.

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