demitted

verb

past tense of demit
as in resigned

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demitted
  1. resigned
  2. denied
  3. waived
  4. disowned
  5. disavowed
  6. relinquished
  7. disclaimed
  8. renounced
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  • Lee resigned from the Jackson City Council in August 2024 before pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Like many Cubans, Mario Pedroso, a 33-year-old Havana resident, was resigned about Monday’s total blackout.
    — Milexsy Durán, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of resigned
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  • Graf denied a defense request to force Robinson's partner to travel from Texas to testify in person.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Historically, the Catholic Church had denied religious funerals inside its houses of worship as well as traditional burials for those who died in this way.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of denied
Verb
  • While many initiatives are new, some universities have waived tuition for middle-income students for a decade or more.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • On Friday, Lundgaard said he was not allowed to talk to other teams at that time because of his contract, but that clause has since been waived.
    — Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of waived
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  • That candidate, Bushra Amiwala, disowned the support and condemned the ad, widely seen as an attempt to siphon voters from another young progressive, Kat Abughazaleh.
    — David Daley, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Everyone is looking for the next Sam Darnold, and there might not be a better candidate than Jones — the 2021 first-round pick disowned by a team in the AFC East only to spend a year with the 49ers before blossoming elsewhere.
    — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Definition of disowned
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  • 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
  • Avila Chevalier also faced racist attacks and false accusations about her ethnicity from a senior advisor to Espaillat, which Mamdani condemned and Espaillat’s campaign disavowed.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 24 June 2026
Definition of disavowed
Verb
  • Briscoe came out of the pits with the lead with 42 laps to go and never relinquished it despite a strong push from Bell.
    — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2026
  • Willow Nightingale relinquished the championship in May due to a shoulder injury that also forced her out of the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament, leading AEW to create this match to crown a new champion.
    — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of relinquished
Verb
  • And Austria, for many years, disclaimed responsibility for its role in the Holocaust.
    — Cary Lowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
  • DeSantis, in making the announcement Wednesday, disclaimed any political motivation.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
Definition of disclaimed
Verb
  • The 58-year-old construction tycoon renounced his Ukrainian citizenship in 2017, Ukrainian media reported, and has been a citizen of Cyprus since 2019.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 3 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, 29 June 2026
Definition of renounced
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