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noun 
  1. (archaic) resignation, abdication
    • 1820, Sir Walter Scott, The Abbot
    • :And that this of our royal authority may have the more full and solemn effect, and none pretend ignorance, we give our cousins authority ... in our name and behalf, publicly, and in their presence, to renounce the Crown, guidance, and government of this our kingdom of Scotland.
Etymology: 
  • From demissio, from the verb demitto, demittere.



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