demission
/dɪˈmɪʃ(ə)n/US/dəˈmɪʃən/
demission noun: resignation; abdication.
Noun
demission (plural demissions)
- Resignation; abdication.
- 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.1820, [Walter Scott], The Abbot. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and...
- She had just slipped her demission, with a footnote on the young lady's conduct, under the door of Madame.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 226
demission meaning in Tamil and Kannada
demission in Tamil
- பதவி துறத்தல்
demission in Kannada
- ಪದವಿತ್ಯಾಗ, ಪದತ್ಯಾಗ, ರಾಜೀನಾಮೆ
Forms of demission
| plural | demissions |
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Origin of demission
From French démission, from Latin dēmissiō, from dēmittō.
Words formed from demission
Words that rhyme with demission
- partition
- position
- proposition
- transition
- mission
- condition
- commission
- transmission
- addition
- admission
- attrition
- expedition
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- remission
- rendition
- exhibition
- submission
- ignition
- inhibition
- inquisition
- intromission
- magician
- omission
- suspicion
- tradition
- dentition
- edition
- patrician
- politician
- tuition
- acquisition
- circumposition
- decommission
- fission
- nutrition
- perdition
- permission
- phonetician
- prohibition
- superposition
- volition
- academician
- aesthetician
- Apician
- clinician
- coalition
- disquisition
- emission
- fruition
- Galician
- on a mission
- optician
- postposition
- premonition
- recommission
- retransition
- sedition
- superstition
- titian
- abligurition
- admonition
Questions about demission
- What does demission mean?
- Demission means resignation; abdication.
- What is demission in Tamil?
- Demission in Tamil is பதவி துறத்தல். See Demission meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is demission?
- Demission is a noun.
- How do you pronounce demission?
- Demission is pronounced /dɪˈmɪʃ(ə)n/ (UK).
- What is the plural of demission?
- The plural of demission is demissions.
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