demission
nounUK /dɪˈmɪʃ(ə)n/ · US /dəˈmɪʃən/
Etymology From French démission, from Latin dēmissiō, from dēmittō.
1
Archaic Resignation; abdication.
- And that this demission of our royal authority may have the more full and solemn effect, and none pretend ignorance, we give [our cousins authority] ... in our name and behalf, publicly, and in their presence, to renounce the Crown, guidance, and government of this our kingdom of Scotland.1820, [Walter Scott], The Abbot. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC:
- She had just slipped her demission, with a footnote on the young lady's conduct, under the door of Madame.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 226:
- Derived terms
- demissionary