demission
Yielding an office
Demission is a formal or literary word for resignation from an office or position.
The term appears mainly in legal, ecclesiastical, or diplomatic contexts: The ambassador's demission was accepted by the foreign ministry.
It suggests a voluntary relinquishing of duties rather than removal or dismissal.
Voluntarily leave office
- stepdownWithdraw from office
- quitCease doing something
- vacateLeave a place empty
- withdrawalAct of taking away
retirement · relinquishment · notice · termination · severance · departure · leave · exit
Complete yielding to demands
- yieldingBending under pressure
- concessionYielding a point
- cedeFormally surrender possession
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
acquiescence · truce · armistice · defeat · succumb · collapse · concede · forfeit
Ceremonial chair for sovereigns
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
king · queen · emperor · monarch · prince · princess · regent · succession
resign
Voluntarily leave office
withdrawal · retirement · relinquishment · notice · termination · severance · departure · leave · exit · cessation
capitulation
Complete yielding to demands
- yieldingBending under pressure
- concessionYielding a point
- cedeFormally surrender possession
relinquish · acquiescence · truce · armistice · defeat · succumb · collapse · concede · forfeit · waive
throne
Ceremonial chair for sovereigns
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
relinquish · king · queen · emperor · monarch · prince · princess · regent · succession · heir
demissionpromotion
Rank increase or publicity
advancement · elevation · ascension · rise · preferment
demissionappointment
Scheduled time for something
accession · inauguration · installation · induction · investiture
admit, dismiss, mission, permit, commission, permission, emit, admission, dismissal