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Dimit

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de⋅mit

1  [di-mit] verb, -mit⋅ted, -mit⋅ting, noun
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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.
–noun
4. Also, dimit. (esp. in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
Origin:
1520–30; < MF demettre, OF demetre < L dēmittere to demit 2 (but also with some senses of L dīmittere send away, dismiss, equiv. to dī- di- 2 + mittere to send)
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