demission

American  

[dih-mish-uhn] / dɪˈmɪʃ ən /

noun

1. abdication.

2. dismissal.

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demission British  

/ dɪˈmɪʃən /

noun

1. rare relinquishment of or abdication from an office, responsibility, etc

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Etymology

Origin of demission

1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French < Latin dīmissiōn- (stem of dīmissiō ), equivalent to dīmiss ( us ) ( see dismiss) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

This document is now usually styled a "demit," and should specify the good standing of the bearer at the time of his resignation or demission.

From The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.

Soon after, he signed his demission in form.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by Hume, David

One of these hospitable pastors was the Rev. Gurdon Saltonstall, of New London, who twenty years later, as governor of the colony, presided at the debate which followed upon the demission of Rector Cutler.

From A History of American Christianity by Bacon, Leonard Woolsey

What will be the result upon himself, in his future relations to the Order, of such demission, will constitute the subject of the succeeding chapter.

From The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.

Then were Avignon Emigrations, Papal Aristocrats emigrating over the Rhone River; demission of Papal Consul, flight, victory: re-entrance of Papal Legate, truce, and new onslaught; and the various turns of war.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

Related Words

• abandonment