Dictionary entry

Demission

Webster's Dictionary 1913

De‐mis″sion (?), n. [L. demissio, fr. 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.