- the act of resuming or beginning again
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re•sump•tion /rɪˈzʌmpʃən/USA pronunciation n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- the act or fact of resuming: [countable]a resumption of peace talks.[uncountable]no resumption of talks yet.
re•sump•tion
(ri zump′shən),USA pronunciation n.
- the act of resuming;
a reassumption, as of something previously granted. - the act or fact of taking up or going on with again, as of something interrupted.
- the act of taking again or recovering something given up or lost.
- Late Latin resūmptiōn- (stem of resūmptiō), equivalent. to Latin resūmpt(us) (past participle of resūmere to resume) + -iōn- -ion
- Middle French
- late Middle English 1400–50
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resumption /rɪˈzʌmpʃən/ n
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