demission
Example Sentences
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"She has given her demission," said the courier, pompously.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever
Chamberlain and Fawcett … are using the opportunity to demand the demission of Hartington and the return of Gladstone.
From The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 by Stephen Lucius Gwynn
Soon after, he signed his demission in form.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by David Hume
In one held at Paris in 1239, he procured the establishment of this regulation, that a voluntary demission of a superior, founded upon just reasons, should be accepted.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler
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 John Charles Dent
