demitting

verb

present participle of demit
as in waiving

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demitting
  1. waiving
  2. denying
  3. disowning
  4. resigning
  5. disclaiming
  6. disavowing
  7. relinquishing
  8. renouncing
Verb
  • Grupe re-signed with them during the offseason before waiving him on Sunday.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The interesting decision was waiving tight end Cam Grandy while keeping Hudson.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of waiving
Verb
  • The league also took a hard, public stance in the Brendan Sorsby situation by denying the former Texas Tech quarterback entry to the supplemental draft.
    — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Amazon discriminated against pregnant warehouse employees by denying accommodations like bathroom breaks and the option to sit while working, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday by four women who worked for Amazon while pregnant.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of denying
Verb
  • Hong Kong's stablecoin licensing further illustrates this, approving only HKD tokens while publicly disowning any CNH stablecoin claims.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The platforms that helped usher in the generative AI boom are now trying to clean up the mess without disowning the technology behind it.
    — Angela Yang, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of disowning
Verb
  • But airlines were furious, demanding that the head of NATS, Martin Rolfe, consider resigning after the second air traffic meltdown in three years.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Budget carriers Ryanair and Wizz Air have called for the head of the NATS, Martin Rolfe, to consider resigning after a second major outage hit the air traffic control system in three years.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of resigning
Verb
  • The method used by players’ associations to litigate against leagues who lock out players is decertification, or the similar step of disclaiming interest.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026
  • All three opening bids in the 2028 ideas primary lead by disclaiming any desire to raise taxes on the middle class.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2026
Definition of disclaiming
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  • El-Sayed sought to distance himself from the controversy, calling antisemitism a scourge and saying Piker does not speak for the campaign, but not disavowing Piker himself.
    — Sam Gringlas, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
  • But as a candidate for governor, Hong had softened her tone while not disavowing her past statements.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Definition of disavowing
Verb
  • Venus Venus will soon be relinquishing its dominance of the early evening sky.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • But that would have meant Parton relinquishing half the publishing rights and therefore half the royalties.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of relinquishing
Verb
  • Eric Lai, a senior fellow with the Georgetown Center for Asian Law, said every actor in Hong Kong civil society who assumed that renouncing violence and working within the law would be fine has to revise that assumption.
    — Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • That starts with renouncing the use of military intervention as a first resort and ending the practice of diplomacy by airstrike.
    — MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of renouncing
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