demission

de·mis·sion  (d-mshn)

n.

Relinquishment of an office or function.

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[Middle English dimissioun, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin dmissi, dmissin-, dismissal, from dmissus, past participle of dmittere, to release; see demit.]

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demission [dɪˈmɪʃən]

n

Rare relinquishment of or abdication from an office, responsibility, etc.

[from Anglo-French dimissioun, from Latin dīmissiō a dismissing; see dismiss]

Translations

demission

n (of office, function) → Niederlegung f; (of minister) → Demission f (geh), → Rücktritt m