ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Demit

Definition & Meaning

Pronunciation /dɪˈmɪt/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Demit is a verb meaning (transitive) To let fall; to depress; to yield.

Meaning

(transitive) To let fall; to depress; to yield.

More Meanings

  1. To relinquish an office, membership, authority, etc.; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge.
  2. The act of demitting.
  3. A document certifying that a person has (honourably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.

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Related dictionary entries include relinquish, resign, dimit, let down, drop, decline.

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