demits

verb

present tense third-person singular of demit
as in denies

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demits
  1. denies
  2. waives
  3. resigns
  4. disowns
  5. disavows
  6. relinquishes
  7. disclaims
  8. renounces
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  • Six women allege offenses dating from 1999 to 2009, and Brand denies the allegations vehemently.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026
  • El-Sayed denies any ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and has publicly disavowed the group.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of denies
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  • If Rivera-Deleon waives extradition, he can be brought back to New York in the next 30 days, officials said.
    — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Under that program, the NYPA buys electricity on the wholesale market on Lake Mariner’s behalf—a blend of hydro, nuclear, natural gas, wind, and solar—and waives delivery surcharges in exchange.
    — Petala Ironcloud, ArsTechnica, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of waives
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  • On Polymarket, speculators place just one-in-four odds that Huang resigns or is forced out by the end of March 2027.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2026
  • The Associated Press ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay -- Paraguay President Santiago Peña resigns following bank collapse.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of resigns
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  • When Lear disowns her, the King of France accepts Cordelia as his wife and takes her back to his homeland.
    — Langdon Hammer, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of disowns
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  • In the decades since then, Japan has largely adopted a pacifist stance that disavows its imperial past.
    — Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Everyone quoted in the book ultimately disavows those rumors, including Yetnikoff.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
Definition of disavows
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  • Could this be the anarchic mind that emerges when the ego relinquishes its hold?
    — Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
  • If a player chooses not to negotiate with the Panthers, that player will be unable to sign elsewhere, unless Carolina relinquishes his rights by not offering him a tender.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 Jan. 2026
Definition of relinquishes
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  • Microsoft disclaims exec’s comments News groups tried many different tactics to test if Microsoft and OpenAI products would output their news articles verbatim.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The survey was conducted between October 15 and 20, among 1,000 likely voters, and disclaims a margin of error of +/- 4 percentage points.
    — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Definition of disclaims
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  • Following the advice of the sage Vasishtha, Rama formally renounces Lakshmana, an act regarded as equivalent to death for a righteous person.
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The possibility of revising Article 9 of Japan’s constitution, which renounces war and prohibits a traditional standing army, is no longer taboo in Tokyo.
    — David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of renounces
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