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Another word for demit

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Verb

  1. To relinquish one's engagement in or occupation with

      1. To give or deposit, as for use or information, upon one's departure or in one's absence:
      2. To abandon or forsake:
      3. To set out or depart; go:
      1. To give up or stop trying, as in discouragement
      2. To stop, discontinue, or resign from
      3. To depart from; leave:
      1. To submit (oneself) passively; accept as inevitable:
      2. To give up one's job or office; quit, especially by formal notification:
      3. To give up possession of; relinquish (a claim, etc.)
      1. To have its end (in something)
      2. To come to an end; reach a stopping point:
      3. To come to an end in space or time; stop; end
    See also:

    continue

  2. To give up a possession, claim, or right

      1. To leave, as in danger or out of necessity; forsake; desert
      2. To give up by leaving or ceasing to operate or inhabit, especially as a result of danger or other impending threat:
      3. To yield (oneself) completely, as to emotion.
      1. To surrender or repudiate (a right, responsibility, etc.)
      2. To give up formally (a high office, throne, authority, etc.)
      3. To relinquish (power or responsibility) formally.
      1. To surrender possession of, especially by treaty.
      2. To yield; grant:
      3. To give up one's rights in; surrender formally
      1. To swear falsely; commit perjury
      2. To decide or declare that one will not or will no longer use or be associated with (something):
      3. To renounce on oath; promise earnestly to give up
      1. (Idiomatic) To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
      1. To relinquish, release, or transfer a title, claim, or interest to another.
      2. To transfer (one's interest in property) without warranty as to the extent of ownership on the part of the seller.
      3. To give up a claim or title to, esp. by a quitclaim deed
      1. To cease holding physically; release:
      2. To give up or abandon (control of something or a claim, for example).
      3. To give up; abandon (a plan, policy, etc.)
      1. To surrender or relinquish; yield:
      2. To give in return or by obligation:
      3. To deliver or pronounce formally:
      1. To give up (a claim, right, belief, etc.), usually by a formal public statement
      2. To disclaim one's association with (a person or country, for example).
      3. To give up (a title or possession, for example), especially by formal announcement.
      1. To submit (oneself) passively; accept as inevitable:
      2. To sign again; to provide one's signature again.
      3. To give up (a position, for example), especially by formal notification.
      1. To yield or resign (oneself) to an emotion, influence, etc.
      2. To give up or abandon:
      3. (Law) To effectuate a surrender of.
      1. To refrain from engaging in, sometimes temporarily; cancel or postpone:
      2. (Law) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego.
      3. To refrain from insisting on or enforcing (a rule, penalty, or requirement, for example); dispense with:
      1. To produce or bear
      2. To give over possession of, as in deference or defeat; surrender:
      3. To give up, as in defeat; surrender or submit.
    See also:

    keep

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Sentence Examples

  • 3, 22, 2) expresses it, "Nec regi aut populo jus demit summi imperii."

  • He holds his office ad vitam aut culpam; he cannot demit it or be deprived, of it without consent of the presbytery.

  • The two representatives from each of the five main sub-specialties should not demit office in the same year.

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