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Definitions for Remit

[1] to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.
[2] to refrain from inflicting or enforcing, as a punishment, sentence, etc.
[3] to refrain from exacting, as a payment or service.
[4] to pardon or forgive (a sin, offense, etc.).
[5] to slacken; abate; relax: to remit watchfulness.
[6] to give back: to remit an overpayment.
[7] Law . to send back (a case) to an inferior court for further action.
[8] to put back into a previous position or condition.
[9] to put off; postpone; defer.
[10] Obsolete . to set free; release.
[11] Obsolete . to send back to prison or custody.
[12] Obsolete . to give up; surrender.
[13] to transmit money, a check, etc., as in payment.
[14] to abate for a time or at intervals, as a fever.
[15] to slacken; abate.
[16] Law . a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
[17] something remitted, as for further deliberation or action.
[18] the act of remitting.
[19] Chiefly British . the area of authority of a person or group.
[20] (also intr) to send (money, payment, etc), as for goods or service, esp by post
[21] law (esp of an appeal court) to send back (a case or proceeding) to an inferior court for further consideration or action
[22] to cancel or refrain from exacting (a penalty or punishment)
[23] (also intr) to relax (pace, intensity, etc) or (of pace or the like) to slacken or abate
[24] to postpone; defer
[25] archaic to pardon or forgive (crime, sins, etc)
[26] the area of authority or responsibility of an individual or a group by taking that action, the committee has exceeded its remit
[27] law the transfer of a case from one court or jurisdiction to another, esp from an appeal court to an inferior tribunal
[28] the act of remitting
[29] something remitted
[30] NZ a proposal from a branch of an organization put forward for discussion at the annual general meeting

Words related to Remit

defer, square, pay, route, dispatch, consign, forward, settle, address, transmit, mail, post, ship, suspend, pardon, wane, dwindle, reduce, soften, decrease

Words nearby Remit

remise, remiss, remissible, remission, remissive, remit, remitt., remittal, remittance, remittance man, remittee

Origin of Remit

1325–75; Middle English remitten < Latin remittere to send back, let go back, concede, allow, equivalent to re- re- + mittere to send

Other words from Remit

re·mit·ta·ble , adjective
non·re·mit·ta·ble , adjective
non·re·mit·ta·bly , adverb
pre·re·mit , verb (used with object), pre·re·mit·ted, pre·re·mit·ting.
un·re·mit·ta·ble , adjective

Word origin for Remit

C14: from Latin remittere to send back, release, re- + mittere to send

Synonyms for Remit

address, consign, dispatch, forward, mail, pay, post, route, settle, ship, square, transmit, make payment