resumption

[ ri-zuhmp-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
2. the act or fact of taking up or going on with again, as of something interrupted.
3. the act of taking again or recovering something given up or lost.

resumption

/ rɪˈzʌmpʃən /

noun

1. the act of resuming or beginning again

Derived Forms

• reˈsumptive, adjective
• reˈsumptively, adverb

Other Words From

• nonre·sumption noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of resumption¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin resūmptiōn- (stem of resūmptiō ), equivalent to Latin resūmpt ( us ) (past participle of resūmere to resume ¹ ) + -iōn- -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of resumption¹

C15: via Old French from Late Latin resumptiō , from Latin resūmere to resume

Example Sentences

In Europe, the resumption of vacation travel in summer is thought to have fanned the current second wave.

From Fortune

That’s why many producers have taken precaution in their production resumptions.

From Digiday

The new lawsuit seeks the resumption of the existing rulemaking process for a new permanent safety standard that would apply only to workers at health-care facilities.

From Washington Post

“We are continuing to work with the FDA to facilitate review of the information needed to make a decision regarding resumption of the US trial,” AstraZeneca said in a statement.

From Fortune

We’re now just one week away from the resumption of the NBA season.

From FiveThirtyEight

The end of the embargo and resumption of diplomatic relations with Cuba could transform Major League Baseball.

From The Daily Beast

Next Monday sees the resumption of a full, proper working week after the National Day holiday.

From The Daily Beast

Elements of the pro-Israel lobby have also been on Capitol Hill lobbying for a resumption of U.S. aid to Egypt.

From The Daily Beast

The next few weeks are critical in Egypt as to whether we see a real resumption of violence.

From The Daily Beast

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is to announce a resumption of talks on Friday!

From The Daily Beast

More than two hundred years had since elapsed without any Resumption Act.

From Project Gutenberg

Several laws for the resumption of Crown lands were passed by the Parliaments of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

From Project Gutenberg

A perfect silence succeeded, during which we sat speechless, awaiting a resumption of the clamour.

From Project Gutenberg

But though she fought on, the resumption of the war in the autumn failed to reverse the fortune of arms.

From Project Gutenberg

The connected change in the Bank of England by the resumption of specie payments supports this view.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• continuation
• reopening
• restoration
• resurgence
• revitalization
• revival