Dictionary![]() ![]() de•motePronunciation: (di-mōt'), [key] —v.t., -mot•ed, -mot•ing. to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote): They demoted the careless waiter to busboy. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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