demissio
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dēmissĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I 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 <number opt="n">plur.</number>: 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.
