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demit

noun

Meaning

  1. The act of demitting.
  2. A document certifying that a person has (honourably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.
  3. To let fall; to depress; to yield.
  4. To relinquish an office, membership, authority, etc.; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

relinquish(English)resign(English)dimit(English)let down(English)drop(English)decline(English)fall(English)lower(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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