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. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
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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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| —vb , -mits, -mitting, -mitted | |
| 1. | to resign (an office, position, etc) |
| 2. | (tr) to dismiss |
| [C16: from Latin dīmittere to send forth, discharge, renounce, from | |
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