demission

Example Sentences

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I hope your Royal Highness will now accept of my demission.

From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. by Thomson, Mrs.

His demission of office was almost immediately followed by a relaxation of discipline, and by a looseness in the management of the public business.

From The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion by Dent, John Charles

In view of this I will submit to a demission as the commander-in-chief of the Jastrzeb armed forces, land as well as naval.

From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

There is, however, one case of demission for which a special law has been enacted.

From The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.

Je suis toujours affligée de voir mes amis se retirer de la vie active; mais je comprends les motifs qui vous ont dicté votre demission….

From Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by Laughton, John Knox