remit

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: remissionremitmentpostponeproroguehold overput overtableshelveset backdeferput offremand

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with“they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life”
  2. (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)Synonyms: remissionremitment

Verb (7)

  1. send (money) in payment“remit $25”
  2. hold back to a later time“let's postpone the exam”Synonyms: postponeproroguehold overput overtableshelveset backdeferput off
  3. release from (claims, debts, or taxes)“The taxes were remitted”
  4. refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decisionSynonyms: remandsend back
  5. forgive“God will remit their sins”
  6. make slack as by lessening tension or firmnessSynonyms: slacken
  7. diminish or abate“The pain finally remitted”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Remit \Re*mit"\ (r?-m?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Remitting.] [L. remittere, remissum, to send back, to slacken, relax; pref. re- re- + mittere to send. See Mission, and cf. Remise, Remiss.]

1.To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign. [1913 Webster]

In the case the law remits him to his ancient and more certain right.— Blackstone.[1913 Webster]
In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be remitted to their prince.— Hayward.[1913 Webster]
The prisoner was remitted to the guard.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.To restore. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

The archbishop was . . . remitted to his liberty.— Hayward.[1913 Webster]

3.(Com.) To transmit or send, esp. to a distance, as money in payment of a demand, account, draft, etc.; as, he remitted the amount by mail. [1913 Webster]

4.To send off or away; hence: (a) To refer or direct (one) for information, guidance, help, etc. "Remitting them . . . to the works of Galen." --Sir T. Elyot. (b) To submit, refer, or leave (something) for judgment or decision. "Whether the counsel be good I remit it to the wise readers." --Sir T. Elyot. [1913 Webster]

5.To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate. [1913 Webster]

So willingly doth God remit his ire.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

6.To forgive; to pardon; to remove. [1913 Webster]

Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them.— John xx. 23.[1913 Webster]

7.To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation. "The sovereign was undoubtedly competent to remit penalties." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To relax; release; abate; relinguish; forgive; pardon; absolve. [1913 Webster]

Remit \Re*mit"\, v. i.

1.To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits. [1913 Webster]

2.To send money, as in payment. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

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