demit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To let fall; to depress; to yield.
  2. To relinquish an office, membership, authority, etc.; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge.
noun
  1. The act of demitting.
  2. A document certifying that a person has (honourably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈmɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-demit.wav

Word forms

demit demits demitting demitted

Etymology

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

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