demissionn.¹

/dɪˈmɪʃən/

Etymology: < Latin dēmissiōn-em, noun of action < dēmittĕre : see demiss adj., demit v.¹

1. Abasement, lowering, degradation. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun]

bismerc893

humiliationc1386

lowinga1398

dejectionc1450

avale?a1513

depression?1531

embasing1551

abasement1561

debasement1593

mortification1598

exinanitiona1631

demissiona1638

dejectment1656

depressure1656

dismounting1677

letting down1827

take-down1858

snubbing1861

scoring1893

deflation1958

a1638 J. Mede Disc. Matt. xi. 29, in Wks. (1672) i. 158 Adored with the lowest demission of mind.

1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 171 This Demission of the Soul is the most signal instance of the Degeneracy of Man.

1883 American 6 214 Their omission or their demission to a lower rank.]

†2. Dejection, depression, lowering of spirits or vitality. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun]

unlustOE

sorrowfulnessa1250

heavinessc1275

elengenessec1320

dullnessc1369

tristourc1380

murknessc1390

tristesse1390

faintness1398

ungladnessa1400

droopingc1400

heavity14..

dejectionc1450

terne?a1513

disconsolation1515

descence1526

marea1529

sadness?1537

dumpishness1548

unblessedness1549

dolorousness1553

ruefulness?1574

dolefulness1586

heartlessness1591

languishment1591

mopishness1598

soul-sickness1603

contristation1605

damp1606

gloominess1607

sableness1607

uncheerfulnessa1617

disconsolateness1624

cheerlessnessa1631

dejectedness1633

droopingness1635

disanimation1637

lowness1639

desponsion1641

disconsolacy1646

despondency1653

dispiritedness1654

chagrin1656

demission1656

jawfall1660

weightedness1660

depression1665

disconsolancy1665

grumness1675

despondence1676

despond1678

disheartenednessa1680

glumness1727

low1727

gloom1744

low-spiritedness1754

blue devils1756

black dog1776

humdudgeon1785

blue devilism1787

dispiritude1797

wishtnessc1800

downheartedness1801

blue-devilage1816

dispiritment1827

downcastness1827

depressiveness1832

dolorosity1835

lugubriosity1840

disconsolance1847

down1856

heavy-heartedness1860

lugubriousness1879

sullenness1885

low key1886

melancholia1896

burn-out1903

mokus1924

downness1927

mopiness1927

deflation1933

wallow1934

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Demission, an abasement, faintness, abating.

1678 J. Norris Coll. Misc. (1699) 141 Heaviness and demission of Spirit.

1719 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 451 Temptations to demission.

†3. literal. Lowering, putting or bending down.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [noun] > lowering down

fellingc1300

strikingc1400

baseness?a1425

revaling?c1475

lowering?1662

demission1663

demission1708

1708 Brit. Apollo 20–22 Oct. A..Demission of his Leg.

1741 W. Oldys et al. Betterton's Hist. Eng. Stage v. 65 The Demission or hanging down of the Head.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

demissionn.²

Etymology: < French démission, in Old French desmission , ‘a demission, deposition, resignation, dismission, forgoing’ (Cotgrave), noun of action < Old French desmetre , answering to late Latin *dismissio , for dīmissio , whence the equivalents dimission n., dismission n. From the identity of the prefix with Latin de- , there is a tendency in English to take the literal sense as ‘laying down’ (de- prefix 1a).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈmission.

a. The action of putting away or letting go from oneself, giving up, or laying down (esp. a dignity or office); resignation, relinquishment, abdication.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [noun]

resignationa1387

surceasingc1435

resign1457

cessationa1464

dimissiona1513

demission1577

cession1608

avoidance1642

retirement1648

cess1689

cesser1689

resigning1743

retiring1808

retiral1840

inkyo1871

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [noun] > action or fact of vacating office > resigning or laying down office

resignationa1387

surceasingc1435

resign1457

dimissiona1513

demission1577

resigning1743

inkyo1871

1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 508/1 in Chron. I Concernyng the Queenes demission of hir Crowne, and resignation thereof made to hyr Sonne King James the sixte.

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1114/1 I shall neuer repugne to this resignation, demission or yeelding vp.

1699 R. L'Estrange Fables (ed. 3) I. 385 Inexorable rigour is worse than a lasche demission of sovereign authority.

1736 T. Carte Hist. Life Duke Ormonde II. 539 Apply to his Majesty for a demission of his charge.

1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity V. xi. vi. 139 That the Cardinals were at liberty to receive that voluntary demission of the Popedom.

†b. figurative. Relinquishment of life; death. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [noun]

hensithOE

qualmOE

bale-sithea1000

endingc1000

fallOE

forthsitheOE

soulingOE

life's endOE

deathOE

hethensithc1200

last end?c1225

forthfarec1275

dying1297

finec1300

partingc1300

endc1305

deceasec1330

departc1330

starving1340

passingc1350

latter enda1382

obita1382

perishingc1384

carrion1387

departing1388

finishmentc1400

trespassement14..

passing forthc1410

sesse1417

cess1419

fininga1425

resolutiona1425

departisona1450

passagea1450

departmentc1450

consummation?a1475

dormition1483

debt to (also of) naturea1513

dissolutionc1522

expirationa1530

funeral?a1534

change1543

departure1558

last change1574

transmigration1576

dissolving1577

shaking of the sheets?1577

departance1579

deceasure1580

mortality1582

deceasing1591

waftage1592

launching1599

quietus1603

doom1609

expire1612

expiring1612

period1613

defunctiona1616

Lethea1616

fail1623

dismissiona1631

set1635

passa1645

disanimation1646

suffering1651

abition1656

Passovera1662

latter (last) end1670

finis1682

exitus1706

perch1722

demission1735

demise1753

translation1760

transit1764

dropping1768

expiry1790

departal1823

finish1826

homegoing1866

the last (also final, great) round-up1879

snuffing1922

fade-out1924

thirty1929

appointment in Samarra1934

dirt nap1981

big chill1987

1735 J. Thomson Rome: 3rd Pt. Liberty 458 And on the bed of peace his ashes laid; A grace which I to his demission gave.

†2. literal. Letting down. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [noun] > lowering down

fellingc1300

strikingc1400

baseness?a1425

revaling?c1475

lowering?1662

demission1663

demission1708

1663 J. Mayne tr. Lucian Part of Lucian sig. Rr1 Being King of the Gods, and able, by the demission of a coard, to draw up earth, and sea.

3. Sending away, dismission. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > sending away or dismissing

dimission1530

dismiss1589

recoilmenta1608

dismission1608

discharge1616

dismissmenta1626

cashiering1629

avoidance1633

sending1748

discard1787

dismissala1806

demission1811

turn-away1858

1811 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 428 No particular period is fixed for a demission.

1824 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 296 Chateaubriand's demission was..sudden and unexpected.

†4. ? Order for release. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > release from confinement > order for or certificate of

demission1554

ticket1869

release form1906

1554 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 166 The demyssyons of y^e corte for y^e men that where putt in there.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	demission
释义	demissionn.¹ /dɪˈmɪʃən/ Etymology: < Latin dēmissiōn-em, noun of action < dēmittĕre : see demiss adj., demit v.¹ 1. Abasement, lowering, degradation. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun] bismerc893 humiliationc1386 lowinga1398 dejectionc1450 avale?a1513 depression?1531 embasing1551 abasement1561 debasement1593 mortification1598 exinanitiona1631 demissiona1638 dejectment1656 depressure1656 dismounting1677 letting down1827 take-down1858 snubbing1861 scoring1893 deflation1958 a1638 J. Mede Disc. Matt. xi. 29, in Wks. (1672) i. 158 Adored with the lowest demission of mind. 1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 171 This Demission of the Soul is the most signal instance of the Degeneracy of Man. 1883 American 6 214 Their omission or their demission to a lower rank.] †2. Dejection, depression, lowering of spirits or vitality. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] unlustOE sorrowfulnessa1250 heavinessc1275 elengenessec1320 dullnessc1369 tristourc1380 murknessc1390 tristesse1390 faintness1398 ungladnessa1400 droopingc1400 heavity14.. dejectionc1450 terne?a1513 disconsolation1515 descence1526 marea1529 sadness?1537 dumpishness1548 unblessedness1549 dolorousness1553 ruefulness?1574 dolefulness1586 heartlessness1591 languishment1591 mopishness1598 soul-sickness1603 contristation1605 damp1606 gloominess1607 sableness1607 uncheerfulnessa1617 disconsolateness1624 cheerlessnessa1631 dejectedness1633 droopingness1635 disanimation1637 lowness1639 desponsion1641 disconsolacy1646 despondency1653 dispiritedness1654 chagrin1656 demission1656 jawfall1660 weightedness1660 depression1665 disconsolancy1665 grumness1675 despondence1676 despond1678 disheartenednessa1680 glumness1727 low1727 gloom1744 low-spiritedness1754 blue devils1756 black dog1776 humdudgeon1785 blue devilism1787 dispiritude1797 wishtnessc1800 downheartedness1801 blue-devilage1816 dispiritment1827 downcastness1827 depressiveness1832 dolorosity1835 lugubriosity1840 disconsolance1847 down1856 heavy-heartedness1860 lugubriousness1879 sullenness1885 low key1886 melancholia1896 burn-out1903 mokus1924 downness1927 mopiness1927 deflation1933 wallow1934 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Demission, an abasement, faintness, abating. 1678 J. Norris Coll. Misc. (1699) 141 Heaviness and demission of Spirit. 1719 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 451 Temptations to demission. †3. literal. Lowering, putting or bending down. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [noun] > lowering down fellingc1300 strikingc1400 baseness?a1425 revaling?c1475 lowering?1662 demission1663 demission1708 1708 Brit. Apollo 20–22 Oct. A..Demission of his Leg. 1741 W. Oldys et al. Betterton's Hist. Eng. Stage v. 65 The Demission or hanging down of the Head. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2019). demissionn.² Etymology: < French démission, in Old French desmission , ‘a demission, deposition, resignation, dismission, forgoing’ (Cotgrave), noun of action < Old French desmetre , answering to late Latin dismissio , for dīmissio* , whence the equivalents dimission n., dismission n. From the identity of the prefix with Latin de- , there is a tendency in English to take the literal sense as ‘laying down’ (de- prefix 1a).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈmission. 1. a. The action of putting away or letting go from oneself, giving up, or laying down (esp. a dignity or office); resignation, relinquishment, abdication. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [noun] resignationa1387 surceasingc1435 resign1457 cessationa1464 dimissiona1513 demission1577 cession1608 avoidance1642 retirement1648 cess1689 cesser1689 resigning1743 retiring1808 retiral1840 inkyo1871 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [noun] > action or fact of vacating office > resigning or laying down office resignationa1387 surceasingc1435 resign1457 dimissiona1513 demission1577 resigning1743 inkyo1871 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 508/1 in Chron. I Concernyng the Queenes demission of hir Crowne, and resignation thereof made to hyr Sonne King James the sixte. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1114/1 I shall neuer repugne to this resignation, demission or yeelding vp. 1699 R. L'Estrange Fables (ed. 3) I. 385 Inexorable rigour is worse than a lasche demission of sovereign authority. 1736 T. Carte Hist. Life Duke Ormonde II. 539 Apply to his Majesty for a demission of his charge. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity V. xi. vi. 139 That the Cardinals were at liberty to receive that voluntary demission of the Popedom. †b. figurative. Relinquishment of life; death. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] hensithOE qualmOE bale-sithea1000 endingc1000 fallOE forthsitheOE soulingOE life's endOE deathOE hethensithc1200 last end?c1225 forthfarec1275 dying1297 finec1300 partingc1300 endc1305 deceasec1330 departc1330 starving1340 passingc1350 latter enda1382 obita1382 perishingc1384 carrion1387 departing1388 finishmentc1400 trespassement14.. passing forthc1410 sesse1417 cess1419 fininga1425 resolutiona1425 departisona1450 passagea1450 departmentc1450 consummation?a1475 dormition1483 debt to (also of) naturea1513 dissolutionc1522 expirationa1530 funeral?a1534 change1543 departure1558 last change1574 transmigration1576 dissolving1577 shaking of the sheets?1577 departance1579 deceasure1580 mortality1582 deceasing1591 waftage1592 launching1599 quietus1603 doom1609 expire1612 expiring1612 period1613 defunctiona1616 Lethea1616 fail1623 dismissiona1631 set1635 passa1645 disanimation1646 suffering1651 abition1656 Passovera1662 latter (last) end1670 finis1682 exitus1706 perch1722 demission1735 demise1753 translation1760 transit1764 dropping1768 expiry1790 departal1823 finish1826 homegoing1866 the last (also final, great) round-up1879 snuffing1922 fade-out1924 thirty1929 appointment in Samarra1934 dirt nap1981 big chill1987 1735 J. Thomson Rome: 3rd Pt. Liberty 458 And on the bed of peace his ashes laid; A grace which I to his demission gave. †2. literal. Letting down. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [noun] > lowering down fellingc1300 strikingc1400 baseness?a1425 revaling?c1475 lowering?1662 demission1663 demission1708 1663 J. Mayne tr. Lucian Part of Lucian sig. Rr1 Being King of the Gods, and able, by the demission of a coard, to draw up earth, and sea. 3. Sending away, dismission. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > sending away or dismissing dimission1530 dismiss1589 recoilmenta1608 dismission1608 discharge1616 dismissmenta1626 cashiering1629 avoidance1633 sending1748 discard1787 dismissala1806 demission1811 turn-away1858 1811 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 428 No particular period is fixed for a demission. 1824 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 296 Chateaubriand's demission was..sudden and unexpected. †4. ? Order for release. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > release from confinement > order for or certificate of demission1554 ticket1869 release form1906 1554 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 166 The demyssyons of y^e corte for y^e men that where putt in there. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.¹a1638n.²1554
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