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Demission

Demission \De*mis"sion\, n. [L. demissio, fr. demittere. See Demit.]

  1. The act of demitting, or the state of being demitted; a letting down; a lowering; dejection. ``Demission of mind.''
    --Hammond.

    Demission of sovereign authority.
    --L'Estrange.

  2. Resignation of an office. [Scot.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
demission

1570s, from French démission, from Latin demissionem "a sending away," noun of action from past participle stem of demittere (see demit).

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demission

n. (context archaic English) resignation; abdication.