demit

See also: démit and démît

English

Etymology

From Latin dēmittō (“send or bring down, let fall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈmɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Verb

demit (third-person singular simple present demits, present participle demitting, simple past and past participle demitted)

1. (transitive) To let fall; to depress; to yield.
2. To relinquish an office, membership, authority, etc.; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge.

Related terms

• demise
• demission
• mission

Noun

demit (plural demits)

1. The act of demitting.
2. A document certifying that a person has (honourably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.

Anagrams

• Tedim, timed

Latin

Verb

dēmit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of dēmō