Demit
Demit , transitive verb
[Latin demittere to send or bring down, to lower; de- + mittere to send. Compare Demise.]
1.
To let fall; to depress. [Rare]
They [peacocks] demit and let fall the same [i. e., their train].
2.
To yield or submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one's self to humble duties. [Rare]
3.
To lay down, as an office; to resign. [Scottish]
General Conway demitted his office.
Demit , intransitive verb
[French démettre to remove, se démettre to resign; dé- (Latin dis-) + mettre to put, from Latin mittere to send. Compare Dismiss.]
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.
Demit , noun
The act of demitting; also, a letter, certificate, or the like, certifying that a person has (honorably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.