Demit

Definition of Demit

De`mit´

v. t.	1.	To let fall; to depress. [imp. & p. p. Demitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Demitting.] They [peacocks] demit and let fall the same [i. e., their train]. - Sir T. Browne.
	2.	To yield or submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one's self to humble duties.
	3.	To lay down, as an office; to resign. General Conway demitted his office. - Hume.
v. i.	1.	To lay down or relinquish an office, membership, authority, or the like; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge; - generally used with an implication that the act is voluntary.
n.	1.	The act of demitting; also, a letter, certificate, or the like, certifying that a person has (honorably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.

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