RESUMPTION

resumption, recommencement

(noun) beginning again

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

resumption (countable and uncountable, plural resumptions)

The act of resuming or starting something again.

(chiefly, Australia) eminent domain

Synonyms

• (act of resuming): restart

Anagrams

• importunes, mouse print, mouseprint

Source: Wiktionary


Re*sump"tion, n. Etym: [cf. F. résumption, 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)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET



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BACK

(adverb) at or to or toward the back or rear; “he moved back”; “tripped when he stepped backward”; “she looked rearward out the window of the car”


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