resignation

démission

Fait de quitter officiellement son emploi ou ses fonctions.

En anglais simple : The act of officially leaving your job or position.

• Her resignation surprised everyone.
• The minister announced his resignation yesterday.
• They demanded the director’s immediate resignation.

Comment l'utiliser : resignation from something (His resignation from the board surprised us.)

Expressions courantes : announce a resignation, offer a resignation, resignation from something

lettre de démission

Lettre ou déclaration annonçant que l’on quitte son emploi ou ses fonctions.

En anglais simple : A letter or statement saying that you are leaving your job or position.

• I wrote my resignation this morning.
• He left his resignation on the manager’s desk.
• The board has received three written resignations.

Comment l'utiliser : hand in your resignation (She handed in her resignation on Monday.)

Synonymes : resignation letter

Expressions courantes : hand in resignation, written resignation, submit a resignation

résignation

Acceptation calme d’une situation pénible que l’on pense ne pas pouvoir changer.

En anglais simple : Calm acceptance of an unpleasant situation that you feel unable to change.

• She sighed with resignation.
• He faced another rainy day with quiet resignation.
• There was resignation in her voice when she explained the problem.

Comment l'utiliser : with resignation (He accepted the delay with resignation.)

Synonymes : acceptance

Contraires : resistance

Expressions courantes : with resignation, air of resignation, sense of resignation