remit

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.

2. 2transitive verb

   To restore.

3. 3transitive verb

   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.

4. 4transitive verb

   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.

5. 5transitive verb

   To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.

6. 6transitive verb

   To forgive; to pardon; to remove.

7. 7transitive verb

   To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation.

8. 8intransitive verb

   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.

9. 9intransitive verb

   To send money, as in payment.

10. 10noun

    (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)

    Synonyms

    remissionremitment
11. 11noun

    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"

12. 12verb

    diminish or abate

    "The pain finally remitted"

13. 13verb

    make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

    Synonyms

    slacken
14. 14verb

    forgive

    "God will remit their sins"

15. 15verb

    refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision

    Synonyms

    remand
16. 16verb

    release from (claims, debts, or taxes)

    "The taxes were remitted"

17. 17verb

    send (money) in payment

    "remit $25"

18. 18verb

    hold back to a later time

    "let's postpone the exam"

    Synonyms

    deferpostponeprorogueshelvetable