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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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