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de⋅mis⋅sion

  [di-mish-uhn]
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–noun
1. abdication.
2. dismissal.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < AF < L dīmissiōn- (s. of dīmissiō), equiv. to dīmiss(us) (see dismiss ) + -iōn- -ion
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de·mis·sion   (dĭ-mĭsh'ən)   
n.  Relinquishment of an office or function.

[Middle English dimissioun, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin dīmissiō, dīmissiōn-, dismissal, from dīmissus, past participle of dīmittere, to release; see demit.]
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Demission

De*mis"sion\, n. [L. demissio, fr. demittere. See Demit.]

1. The act of demitting, or the state of being demitted; a letting down; a lowering; dejection. "Demission of mind." --Hammond.

Demission of sovereign authority. --L'Estrange.

2. Resignation of an office. [Scot.]
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