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   Re·mit

   verb

   • 1. cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment): "the excess of the sentence over 12 months was remitted" Similar cancelset asiderevokerepealrescindabrogatesuspend
   • ▪ pardon (a sin): "God's act of remitting the sins of guilty men" Similar pardonforgiveexcuseoverlookpass over
   • 2. send (money) in payment or as a gift: "the income they remitted to their families" Similar senddispatchforwardtransmitconveypayhand overmake payment of
   • 3. refer (a matter for decision) to some authority: "the request for an investigation was remitted to a special committee" Similar pass (on)refersend ontransferhand ondirectassigncommitentrust
   • ▪ 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: archaic "the movers refused Mr. Tierney's request to remit the motion" Similar postponedeferput offput backshelvedelayhold over/offstand oversuspendproroguereschedulekeep in abeyanceput overlay on the tabletablecontinueinformal:put on the back burnerput on iceput in cold storagerare:respite
   • ▪ consign again to a previous state: archaic "thus his indiscretion remitted him to the nature of an ordinary person"
   • 4. diminish: archaic "phobias may remit spontaneously without any treatment" Similar diminishlessendecreaseease (up)abatemoderatedwindlewaneebbsubside

   noun

   • 1. the task or area of activity officially assigned to an individual or organization: British "the committee was becoming caught up in issues that did not fall within its remit"
   • 2. an item referred to someone for consideration: "a remit on the question failed"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin remittere ‘send back, restore’, from re- ‘back’ + mittere ‘send’. The noun dates from the early 20th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. remittable adjective
   • 2. remittee noun
   • 3. remitter noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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   1 day ago · remit in British English. verb (rɪˈmɪt ) Word forms: -mits, -mitting, -mitted (mainly tr) 1. (also intr) to send ( money, payment, etc), as for goods or service, esp by post. 2. law. (esp of an appeal court) to send back (a case or proceeding) to an inferior court for further consideration or action. 3.

3. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › remitRemit - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Remit means send back, and it has many uses. If you remit payment, you send it back to the person you owe it to. If you’ve been in prison for five years of a seven-year sentence but you’ve been on good behavior, a judge might remit the remainder of your sentence and let you go free.

4. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishremit noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

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   Check pronunciation: remit. Definition of remit noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryREMIT definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary

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   3 days ago · Definition of 'remit' Word Frequency. remit. (rɪmɪt ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense remits, present participle remitting, past tense, past participle remitted. transitive verb. If you remit money to someone, you send it to them. [formal] Many immigrants regularly remit money to their families.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishREMIT | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   REMIT definition: 1. the things that you are responsible for in your job 2. to send money to someone. Learn more.

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   Define remit. remit synonyms, remit pronunciation, remit translation, English dictionary definition of remit. v. re·mit·ted , re·mit·ting , re·mits v. tr. 1. To transmit in payment. 2. a. To refrain from exacting ; cancel. b. To pardon; forgive: remitted their sins....

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryREMIT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   REMIT meaning: 1. to reduce a period of time that someone must spend in prison: 2. to send money to someone: 3…. Learn more.