demit
/dɪˈmɪt/verb, noun
demit is a verb meaning “To let fall; to depress; to yield” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-E-M-I-T, and it appears about once in every 71 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does demit mean?
verb
- 1
To let fall; to depress; to yield.
- 2
To relinquish an office, membership, authority, etc.; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge.
noun
- 1
The act of demitting.
- 2
A document certifying that a person has (honourably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce demit?
- /dɪˈmɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-demit.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of demit
- demits present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- demitting participle, present
- demitted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is demit?
Demit appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does demit come from?
From Latin dēmittō (“send or bring down, let fall”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).