Demit
/dɪˈmɪt/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of demitting.
- 2 A document certifying that a person has (honourably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.
Verb
- 1 To let fall; to depress; to yield. transitive
- 2 To relinquish an office, membership, authority, etc.; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge.
Etymology
From Latin dēmittō (“send or bring down, let fall”).