demit
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
demit /dɪˈmɪt/
▶verb (demits, demitting, demitted) formal resign from (a position).
– derivatives
demission noun.
demission noun.
– origin C16: from Fr. démettre, from dé- ‘away from’ + mettre ‘put’.
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