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verb (used with object)
1.
to resign (a job, public office, etc.); relinquish.
2.
Archaic. to dismiss; fire.
verb (used without object)
3.
to resign.
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noun
4.
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
Origin:
1520–30; < Middle French demettre, Old French demetre < Latin dēmittere to demit2 (but also with some senses of Latin dīmittere send away, dismiss, equivalent to dī- di-2 + mittere to send)
1520–30; < Middle French demettre, Old French demetre < Latin dēmittere to demit2 (but also with some senses of Latin dīmittere send away, dismiss, equivalent to dī- di-2 + mittere to send)
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verb (used with object), de·mit·ted, de·mit·ting.
1.
to put in or send to a lower place.
2.
Obsolete. to lower in status, rank, or esteem; humble.
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