Demit

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To relinquish (an office or function).
  • v. Archaic To dismiss.
  • verb-intransitive. To give up an office or position; resign.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To let fall; to depress; to yield.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To let fall; to depress.
  • v. To yield or submit; to humble; to lower.
  • v. To lay down, as an office; to resign.
  • verb-intransitive. 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.
  • n. The act of demitting; also, a letter, certificate, or the like, certifying that a person has (honorably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To lower; cause to droop or hang down; depress.
  • To submit; humble.
  • To let go; dismiss.
  • To lay down formally, as an office; resign; relinquish; transfer.
  • n. An act of demission or transfer of membership, as from one masonic lodge to another; also, the letter which officially certifies to such a transfer.
  • Word Usage
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    Verb Form
    demits    demitted    demitting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    humble    lower    resign    dismiss    abdicate    relinquish