- (v.t.) To yield or submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one's self to humble duties.
- (v.t.) To lay down, as an office; to resign.
- (v.t.) To let fall; to depress.
- (n.) The act of demitting; also, a letter, certificate or the like, certifying that a person has (honorably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.
- (v.i.) To lay down or relinquish an office, membership, authority or the like; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge; -- generally used with an implication that the act is voluntary.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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