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Remit

rɪˈmɪt

Remit definitions
verb
remits remitting remitted remit
  1. cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment)

    "the excess of the sentence over 12 months was remitted"

    cancel set aside revoke repeal rescind abrogate suspend
    • forgive (a sin)

      "God's act of remitting the sins of guilty men"

  2. send (money) in payment or as a gift

    "the income they remitted to their families"

    send dispatch forward transmit convey
  3. refer (a matter for decision) to an authority

    "the request for an investigation was remitted to a special committee"

    pass (on) refer send on transfer hand on direct assign commit entrust
    • send back (a case) to a lower court
    • send (someone) from one tribunal to another for a trial or hearing

      "it remits an offender to another court after convicting him"

    • postpone

      "the movers refused Mr Tierney's request to remit the motion"

    • consign again to a previous state

      "thus his indiscretion remitted him to the nature of an ordinary person"

  4. diminish

    "phobias may remit spontaneously without any treatment"

    diminish lessen decrease ease (up) abate moderate dwindle wane ebb subside
noun
remit remits
  1. the task or area of activity officially assigned to an individual or organization

    "the committee was becoming caught up in issues that did not fall within its remit"

    area of responsibility area of activity sphere orbit scope ambit province territory realm department turf
  2. an item referred to someone for consideration

    "a remit on the question failed"