remit

Speech parts

1. remit - Noun

2. remit - Verb

Meaning

To restore.

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

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.

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.

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

To forgive; to pardon; to remove.

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

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.

To send money, as in payment.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

release table pardon forgive remission postpone defer abate shelve absolve prorogue slacken remand remitment set back
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Antonyms

get increase keep hold continue annex
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Hypernyms

subject issue matter fall pay challenge

Hyponyms

call hold compass dowse suspend respite

Derivatives

remitted remitting

Anagrams

ermit merit miter mitre timer Terim

Examples

let's postpone the exam Source: Internet

they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life Source: Internet

The pain finally remitted Source: Internet

God will remit their sins Source: Internet

The taxes were remitted Source: Internet

remit $25 Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

remissly remissness remissory remitigate remitless remitment