Hypertext Webster Gateway: "resumption"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Resumption \Re*sump"tion\, n. [cf. F. r['e]sumption, L.
resumptio restoration, recovery, fr. resumere. See {Resume}.]
1. The act of resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of
delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc.
2. (Eng.Law) The taking again into the king's hands of such
lands or tenements as he had granted to any man on false
suggestions or other error.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
resumption
n : beginning again [syn: {recommencement}]
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