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   resumption

   /rɪˈzʌm(p)ʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of beginning something again after a pause or interruption: "with peace came the resumption of foreign imports"
   • 2. the action, on the part of the Crown or other authority, of reassuming possession of lands, rights, etc., previously granted to another: Australian "the resumption of royal lands"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘the action of reassuming possession of lands etc.’): from Old French resumption or late Latin resumptio(n-), from Latin resumpt-, past participle of resumere (see resume).

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