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verb

Remit v. t. (past & past part. remitted; pres. part. remitting)

1.

To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign. "In the case the law remits him to his ancient and more certain right." "In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be remitted to their prince." "The prisoner was remitted to the guard."

2.

To restore. (Obs.) "The archbishop was... remitted to his liberty."

3.

(Com.) 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.

To send off or away; hence:

(a)

To refer or direct (one) for information, guidance, help, etc. "Remitting them... to the works of Galen."

(b)

To submit, refer, or leave (something) for judgment or decision. "Whether the counsel be good I remit it to the wise readers."

5.

To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate. "So willingly doth God remit his ire."

6.

To forgive; to pardon; to remove. "Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them."

7.

To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation. "The sovereign was undoubtedly competent to remit penalties."

Synonyms: To relax; release; abate; relinguish; forgive; pardon; absolve.

Remit v. i.

1.

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.

2.

To send money, as in payment.

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Etymology of 'Remit'

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"Remit" Quotes from Famous Books

... laws intended to undermine each other's influence. The Franklin Assembly tried menace, and threatened to fine any one who acted under a commission from North Carolina. The Legislature of the latter State achieved more by promises, having wisely offered to remit all taxes for the two troubled years to any one who would forthwith submit ...

— The Winning of the West, Volume Three - The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 • Theodore Roosevelt

... noways stay fra, quhill thai had revengit the hurting of ane of them; and thairefter the constable of the castell come down thairfra, and he with the said maisters treatet betwix the said pties in this maner:—That the said provost and baillies sall remit to the said craftischilder, all actioun, cryme, and offens that thai had committit aganes thame in any tyme bygane; and band and oblast thame never to pursew them thairfor; and als commandit thair maisters ...

— The Abbot • Sir Walter Scott

... I did not write you before, it was because I thought I should see you again this week in Paris. My departure being postponed, I send you a line for Schlesinger so that he may remit to you the price of my last manuscripts, that is to say, 600 francs (100 of which you will keep for me). I hope he will do it without making any difficulty about it—if not, ask him at once for a line in reply (without getting angry), send it ...

— Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician - Volume 1-2, Complete • Frederick Niecks

... which used to be paid to this court; it is therefore requisite that the said Company engage to be security for the sum of twenty-six lakhs of rupees a year for our revenue (which sum has been imposed upon the Nawab), and regularly remit the same. ...

— The Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan • H. G. Keene

... round of Lucy's life, with its dreams and its fond imaginings, was interrupted by news of a different character. An official letter came to her from Parkhurst to say that the grave state of her father's health had decided the authorities to remit the rest of his sentence, and he would be set free the next day but one at eight o'clock in the morning. She knew not whether to feel relief or sorrow; for if she was thankful that the wretched man's long torture was ended, she could not ...

— The Explorer • W. Somerset Maugham

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