demit (redirected from demits)

de·mit  (d-mt)

v. de·mit·ted, de·mit·ting, de·mits

v.tr.

1. To relinquish (an office or function).

2. Archaic To dismiss.

v.intr.

To give up an office or position; resign.

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[Middle English dimitten, to release, from Old French demettre, from Latin dmittere : dis-, away; see dis- + mittere, to send.]

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demit [dɪˈmɪt]

vb -mits, -mitting, -mitted Scot

1. to resign (an office, position, etc.)

2. (tr) to dismiss

[from Latin dīmittere to send forth, discharge, renounce, from di-² + mittere to send]