demit

verb

Definition of demitnext
as in to resign

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demit
  1. resign
  2. waive
  3. deny
  4. disavow
  5. abjure
  6. disown
  7. renounce
  8. disclaim
Verb
  • Kenneth Allen has resigned from the Indianapolis Public Schools board starting immediately after being elected to be the next Center Township constable last week.
    Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Duffy resigned as district attorney in 2010 shortly after announcing a run for Congress.
    Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of resign
Verb
  • United is waiving change fees and fare differences for travelers scheduled to fly to or from San Francisco on Thursday, Nov. 21 and Friday, Nov. 22 because of the storms.
    Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Ibarra waived his right to a jury trial on Nov. 12, meaning Haggard would solely decide the verdict.
    Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of waive
Verb
  • Israel has denied the claims, saying Hamas continues to employ weapons and sensitive equipment in civilian areas and underneath hospitals and schools.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Advertisement North Korea and Russia haven’t formally confirmed the North Korean troops’ movements, and have denied reports of weapons shipments.
    Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of deny
Verb
  • Still others disavow their histories in a bid to seek political power.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Trump has disavowed the 900-page blueprint for reorganizing swaths of politics and society along hard-right lines, despite some of his former aides’ involvement in writing it.
    Alexander Smith, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of disavow
Verb
  • The Abrahamic faiths conceive of God as an omniscient creator and generally abjure gambling as a result; one of the first laws passed by the Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony banned the possession of cards, dice, or gaming tables.
    Idrees Kahloon, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
  • In the end, de Hales agreed to abjure the realm, which meant walking, barefoot, to the port of Chester, a hundred and thirty miles away, holding a wooden cross and wearing sackcloth, and taking a ship across the Irish Sea, never to return.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2024
Definition of abjure
Verb
  • Virdee stars Staz Nair as a Bradford cop hunting down a serial killer, as his own life is in chaos after he is disowned by his family for crossing the religious divide when marrying his wife.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2024
  • But Drake’s mentions of Future — who joined the Toronto rapper on 2015’s What a Time to Be Alive before, confusingly, seeming to disown it — are curiously limp.
    Paul Thompson, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024
Definition of disown
Verb
  • Sausage-makers do not always renounce the consumption of sausage.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
  • These newspapers did not renounce endorsements in non-presidential races that equally betray partisan bias.
    Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of renounce
Verb
  • The Company explicitly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements except as required by law. Contact; Office: 813.505.0282 Email: myanez@mirapharma.com SOURCE: MIRA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. press release press release This story was originally published July 15, 2024, 7:00 AM.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2024
  • Their children, in turn, could then further disclaim into a trust for their children if that made sense financially.
    James Lange, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of disclaim
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