"demit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈmɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-demit.wav Forms: demits [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: From Latin dēmittō (“send or bring down, let fall”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mey- (change)}}, {{uder|en|la|dēmittō||send or bring down, let fall}} Latin dēmittō (“send or bring down, let fall”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} demit (plural demits)
  1. The act of demitting.
    Sense id: en-demit-en-noun-xBzqxaCh
  2. A document certifying that a person has (honourably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.
    Sense id: en-demit-en-noun-TuORe5CM

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈmɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-demit.wav Forms: demits [present, singular, third-person], demitting [participle, present], demitted [participle, past], demitted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: From Latin dēmittō (“send or bring down, let fall”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mey- (change)}}, {{uder|en|la|dēmittō||send or bring down, let fall}} Latin dēmittō (“send or bring down, let fall”) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-demit-en-verb-Qt~VO6mp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 20 41 17 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 21 23 38 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 23 18 42 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 18 43 16
  2. To relinquish an office, membership, authority, etc.; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge.
    Sense id: en-demit-en-verb-mGG7mUz5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: demise, demission, mission

Inflected forms

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