<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object)<ul><li>Demitted, demitting.</li><li>To resign (a job, public office, etc.); relinquish.</li><li>Archaic: to dismiss; fire.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Also "dimit."<ul><li>(especially in Freemasonry) A written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.</li></ul></li></ul>