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resumption

re·sump·tion [ ri zúmpshən ]


noun 
Definition:
 
continuing something temporarily stopped: the act or an instance of continuing with something that has been stopped for a while
hoping for a resumption of negotiations

[15th century. Directly or via French< Latin resumption-< past participle of resumere (see resume)]
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