vt to let fall; to depress.
2. demit ·vt to lay down, as an office; to resign.
3. demit ·vt to yield or submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one's self to humble duties.
4. demit ·add. ·noun the act of demitting; also, a letter, certificate, or the like, certifying that a person has (honorably) demitted, as from a masonic lodge.
5. demit ·add. ·vi to lay down or relinquish an office, membership, authority, or the like; to resign, as from a masonic lodge;
generally used with an implication that the act is voluntary.