Definition of "demits" [demits]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demit. (verb)

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• "In the midst of all the turmoil, he has to consider how and where he will live (you can't stay in the dog house forever), and also what career path he will take when he demits office."
• "When this man eventually demits office (willfully or otherwise) he should become a vociferous advocate for disease prevention, e.g. AIDS, STDs, etc."
• "Grave, he, in this whirl of things all coming to a press and pinch upon him, loses head, and merely whirls with them, in a totally distracted manner; signing himself at last, 'De Grave, Mayor of Paris:' whereupon he demits, returns over the Channel, to walk in Kensington Gardens;"