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demission

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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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