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demit
1. The act of demitting; also, a letter, certificate, or the like, certifying that a person has (honorably) demitted.
2. To give up or to relinquish an office, membership, authority, or the like; to resign.
3. To lay down, as an office; to resign.
4. To let fall; to depress.
5. To yield or submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one's self to humble duties.
This entry is located in the following units: de- (page 26) miss-, mis-, -miss, -mis, mit-, mitt-, -mit, -mitt (page 2)