consignation

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of consigning.

   “So is despair a certain consignation to eternal ruin.”

   “Now there are some that have understood that this state of happiness, and this state of misery of the soul, before the resurrection, was a first resurrection. Yea, I admit it may be termed a resurrection; the raising of the spirit or the soul, and their consignation to happiness or misery, according to the words which have been spoken.”

   “military consignations and the holding ready of troops are almost uniformly resorted to during great strikes.”

2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The act of ratifying or establishing; confirmation.

   “[W]e may look upon the tradition of the holy Sacramental Symbols as a direct conſignation of pardon; […]”

   “A terrible thought seized me. Perhaps he had not made his escape! I cast one glance at the burning pile, and, to my consignation, beheld the flames already bursting from the roof.”

3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A stamp; an indication.

   “, "Of Growth in Sin" The most certain consignations of an excellent virtue.”