demit

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Verb

demit (demits, present participle demitting; past and past participle demitted)

1. (transitive) 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

Noun

demit (plural demits)

1. The act of demitting.
2. A document certifying that a person has (honourably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.

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