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demit

Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɪt/

The English word “demit” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To let fall; to depress; to yield.
  2. To relinquish an office, membership, authority, etc.; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge.

noun

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

Etymology

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

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