Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Demission

Demission , noun

[Latin demissio, from 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. [Scottish]