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
  • The airline is waiving change fees and capping fares in affected markets.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026
  • If states follow suit by waiving state taxes, the White House suggests truckers could save more than $100 per fill-up.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of waiving
Verb
  • Attorneys for two of them have gotten back to us, denying the allegations.
    — Mahsa Saeidi, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • But there’s no denying the dynasty-chasing Dodgers are in trouble after the Brewers won games started by Los Angeles’ dynamic duo of Tarik Skubal and Yamamoto.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 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
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  • The 1989 Charlotte federal trial was pure spectacle Two years after resigning, Bakker was convicted in Charlotte on 24 counts of fraud and conspiracy.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Lee also announced Frank Strada, the commissioner of the Department of Correction, would be resigning later this month.
    — Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 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
Verb
  • Savoray returned the next morning with printouts of news articles showing that Netanyahu was disavowing him.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of disavowing
Verb
  • With all the characters in the show, but with Margaret in particular, there’s this exploration of losing control, taking control and relinquishing control.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
  • One panel was falling, then smashing on the path, lead relinquishing its long grip on the glass.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of relinquishing
Verb
  • Although economic espionage is not without risk, unilaterally renouncing the practice in the current global environment is far more dangerous.
    — DAVID S. COHEN, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of renouncing
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“Demitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demitting. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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