DEMIT Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

demit

verb

Definition of demit

as in to resign

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Harris first joined DeKalb police in 2014 before voluntarily resigning in 2020, Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council records show.

— Caroline Silva, AJC.com, 9 July 2026
The leader of the Reform UK party – which is topping most UK opinion polls – resigned as a member of parliament for Clacton-on-Sea, his constituency in southeast England, on Tuesday, amid mounting controversy over undeclared financial donations.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 9 July 2026

Definition of resign

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Bollo, the son of a domestic worker and a line cook, said he’s applied to work as a teaching assistant and graduate researcher, which would waive the cost of his tuition.

— Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Many accomplished players carrying such clauses, however, are open to waiving the power if a team expresses a desire to move on.

— Will Sammon, New York Times, 6 July 2026

Definition of waive

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The stark disagreements over the moral values underlying our legal tradition are no reason for liberals to disavow a moral approach to legal interpretation.

— Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Her employer, French sports daily L'Equipe, disavowed the comments and also apologized to Doku in a statement late Sunday, saying the remarks did not represent its values.

— CBS News, CBS News, 24 June 2026

Definition of disavow

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To renounce and abjure fidelity to any foreign power.

— Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
Even the closest readers of the post could trouble themselves wondering if Damsky’s words implied something more than a call for members of that group to voluntarily abjure their own identity.

— Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026

Definition of abjure

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Spiritually, His Holiness is an emanation, or tulku, of the bodhisattva Chenrezig, who renounced nirvana to help mankind.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026
What follows are dozens of examples of how those whose names are familiar (or aren’t) and legendary (or infamous) for their actions while representing the state have been embraced (or renounced) by the rest of the country and beyond.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

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