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resumption

re.sump.tion \ri-'z*m(p)-sh*n\ n [ME, fr. MF or LL; MF resomption, fr. LL 
   resumption-, resumptio)X, fr. L resumptus, pp. of resumere 1: an act or 
   instance of resuming : RECOMMENCEMENT  2: a return to payment in specie