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Answer for the clue "Withdraw from office ", 5 letters:
demit

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Demit \De*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demitted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Demitting .] [L. demittere to send or bring down, to lower; de- + mittere to send. Cf. Demise .] To let fall; to depress. [R.] They [peacocks] demit and let fall the same [i. e., their train]. ...

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, ...