demit

verb, noun — 4 senses

demit

verb

/dɪˈmɪt/

Etymology From Latin dēmittō (“send or bring down, let fall”).

1

To let fall; to depress; to yield.

2

To relinquish an office, membership, authority, etc.; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge.

Related terms
demise, demission, mission

demit

noun

Etymology From Latin dēmittō (“send or bring down, let fall”).

1

The act of demitting.

2

A document certifying that a person has (honourably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.

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