/dɪˈmɪt/
OriginFrom Latin dēmittō (“send or bring down, let fall”).
- transitiveTo let fall; to depress; to yield.
- To relinquish an office, membership, authority, etc.; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge.
- The act of demitting.
- A document certifying that a person has (honourably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.
Formsdemits(present, singular, third-person) · demitting(participle, present) · demitted(participle, past) · demitted(past) · demits(plural)