English

Noun

demission ‎(plural demissions)

1. (archaic) Resignation; abdication.
   • 1820, Sir Walter Scott, The Abbot

     And that this demission of our royal authority may have the more full and solemn effect, and none pretend ignorance, we give [our cousins authority] ... in our name and behalf, publicly, and in their presence, to renounce the Crown, guidance, and government of this our kingdom of Scotland.

   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 226:

     She had just slipped her demission, with a footnote on the young lady's conduct, under the door of Madame.

Related terms

• demit
• demise

Anagrams

• missioned
• Simonides
• simonised