Third-person singular form of 'demit'; to resign or relinquish an office or position.
From Latin 'demittere' (to send down, put down), composed of 'de-' (down) plus 'mittere' (to send). An archaic but still-used legal and formal term.
The word 'demit' is almost entirely replaced by 'resign' in modern English, yet it still appears in official legal documents—it's a linguistic fossil from when Latin-derived formal speech dominated professional writing!
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