Remit

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To transmit (money) in payment.
  • v. To refrain from exacting (a tax or penalty, for example); cancel.
  • v. To pardon; forgive: remitted their sins.
  • v. To restore to a former condition or position.
  • v. Law To refer (a case) to another court for further consideration or action.
  • v. Law To refer (a matter) to a committee or authority for decision.
  • v. To allow to slacken: The storm remitted its fury.
  • v. To desist from; give up.
  • v. To put off; postpone.
  • verb-intransitive. To transmit money.
  • verb-intransitive. To diminish; abate.
  • n. The act of remitting, especially the referral of a case to another court.
  • n. A matter remitted for further consideration.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To forgive, pardon.
  • v. To give up, stop succumbing to (a negative emotion etc.).
  • v. To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.).
  • v. To show a lessening or abatement (of) a specified quality.
  • v. To diminish, abate.
  • v. To refer (something) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person).
  • v. To postpone.
  • v. To transmit or send, as money in payment.
  • n. terms of reference; set of responsibilities.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.
  • v. To restore.
  • v. To transmit or send, esp. to a distance, as money in payment of a demand, account, draft, etc..
  • v. 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.
  • v. To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.
  • v. To forgive; to pardon; to remove.
  • v. To refrain from exacting or enforcing.
  • verb-intransitive. To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax
  • verb-intransitive. To send money, as in payment.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To send back.
  • To transmit or send, as money, bills, or other things in payment for goods received.
  • To restore; replace.
  • To transfer.
  • In law, to transfer (a cause) from one tribunal or judge to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction. See remit, n.
  • To refer.
  • To give or deliver up; surrender; resign.
  • To slacken; relax the tension of; hence, figuratively, to diminish in intensity; make less intense or violent; abate.
  • To refrain from exacting; give up, in whole or in part: as, to remit punishment.
  • To pardon; forgive.
  • To omit; cease doing.
  • Synonyms To forward.
  • To release, relinquish.
  • To slacken; become less intense or rigorous.
  • To abate by growing less earnest, eager, or active.
  • In medicine, to abate in violence for a time without intermission: as, a fever remits at a certain hour every day.
  • In com., to transmit money, etc.
  • n. In Scots law, a remission; a sending back.
  • n. A formal communication from a body having higher jurisdiction, to one subordinate to it.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision
  • n. (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
  • v. release from (claims, debts, or taxes)
  • v. make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
  • v. hold back to a later time
  • v. send (money) in payment
  • v. forgive
  • v. diminish or abate
  • n. the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with
  • Verb Form
    remits    remitted    remitting   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    challenge    referral    strike down    cancel    pay    forgive    diminish    fall    lessen    decrease   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    remitting    remitted   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pardon    relinguish    forgive    relax    abate    absolve    release    restore    remove    excuse   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brit    Grit    Kit    Pitt    Pritt    Schlitt    Schmidt    Split    Whit    Witt   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ungagged    unbraided    wantest    unhooded    paper-covered    haveaccess    bated    unrhymed    needest    prayeth