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Webster 1913 Edition

Demission

De-mis′sion

,

Noun.

[L.

demissio

, fr.

demittere

. See

.]

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.

[Scot.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Demission

DEMISSION

,

Noun.

A lowering; degradation; depression.