The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

resumption
    n 1: beginning again [syn: resumption, recommencement]