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
  • Many resigned themselves to the end of a democratic regime that didn’t seem to be working.
    Christine Adams / Made by History, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The finale also sets up this idea that Dennison could become Prime Minister, if Trowbridge really does resign.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of resign
Verb
  • The commission is already divided on how to address affordable housing; Republicans have pulled back funding for the issue and shut down a program that waived impact fees for developers.
    Yacob Reyes, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
  • He was flipped to the Atlanta Hawks and then to the Oklahoma City Thunder during the summer of 2023, before ultimately being waived.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of waive
Verb
  • Motions by Yandell and Sylvester to overturn their guilty verdicts were denied by a federal judge this month and they’re set to be sentenced on Dec. 18, records show.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The insurers denied the accusations and convinced a judge to dismiss the suits on technical grounds.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of deny
Verb
  • Trump, who quickly disavowed the individual, sought to compensate for controversy by taking the stage in Pittsburgh on Monday with the son of Puerto Rican baseball legend Roberto Clemente, in the city where his late father once played for the Pirates.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The United States will choose its future; one that roughly half this country is almost sure to disavow.
    Katie Drummond, WIRED, 4 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
  • 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
  • This fear can quickly translate into passively or actively disowning the changes.
    Peter Follows, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of disown
Verb
  • Others, such as Brazil and India, work with Russia as members of BRICS but want to reform rather than renounce the existing global order.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Left and right, fearful of political backlash and empowered by dog whistling on the right, companies have been slowly revoking and renouncing their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, as well as policies designed to lift up employees of color.
    Gayle Jennings, Fortune, 30 Oct. 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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