dimit

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verb

To dismiss, let go, or release.

OriginLatin dimittere →
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Meanings

verbdimit (third-person singular simple present dimits, present participle dimitting, simple past and past participle dimitted)

present singular third person dimits · participle present dimitting · participle past dimitted · past dimitted

  1. obsoletebusinessTo dismiss, let go, or release.
  2. businessto resign
noundimit (plural dimits)

plural dimits

  1. businessa resignation from a lodge

Origin

  1. Latindimittere“to send away, let go”
  2. Englishdimit

From Latin dimittere (“to send away, let go”), from di-, dis- + mittere (“to send”). See dismiss and demit.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dimit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dimit.

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