Resign, as an office

• Withdraw from office
• Resign, as a position
• Resign, as a job
• Lower or resign
• Relinquish office
• Step down

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Demit \De*mit"\, n. The act of demitting; also, a letter, certificate, or the like, certifying that a person has (honorably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] ||

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of demitting. 2 A document certifying that a person has (honourably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To let fall; to depress; to yield. 2 To relinquish an office, membership, authority, etc.; to resign, ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s (figurative), 1640s (literal), from Latin demittere "to send down," from de- (see de- ) + mittere "to send" (see mission ).