dēmissĭo, ōnis, f. [demitto], a letting down, sinking, lowering (very rare).
I Prop.: storiarum, * Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 5: barbae, a letting grow , Macr. S. 1, 22, 4.—In plur.: clipei aenei demissiones, Vitr. 5, 10 fin. —
II Trop. *
A (Acc. to demissus, no. II. A.): animi, dejection , * Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14. —*
B In medic. lang., an abatement, mitigation (opp. accessio), Coel. Aur. Acut. 1, 4.