DEMIT


Meaning of DEMIT in English

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.

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