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demission

American  
[dih-mish-uhn] / dɪˈmɪʃ ən /

noun

  1. abdication.

  2. dismissal.

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

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Demission, de-mish′un, n. a lowering: degradation: depression: relinquishment: resignation.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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