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remitment|rɪˈmɪtmənt|
[f. remit v.]
†1. Remission, pardon. Obs.
1611Cotgr., Absoute, a generall absolution, pardon, forgiuenesse, remitment of offences. 1645Milton Tetrach. 34 God's Law especially grants every where to error easy remitments. 1670― Hist. Eng. ii. 63 The Procurator endeavour'd to bring all their goods within the compass of a new confiscation, by disavowing the remittment of Claudius.
2. Remitting of money; remittance.
1678Trans. Crt. Spain 109 [He] makes it his business to perswade the people, that Your Majesty has remitted vast sums of money to the Emperour, and hath discovered a great part of the remitment. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Remitment or Remittance, a return of Money, &c. 1792Jefferson Writ. (1859) III. 419 The debtor who endeavored to make a remitment of his debt, or interest, must have done it three times. 1894Columbus (Ohio) Disp. 7 Dec. 1/8 An order..for the remitment to the township poor fund..[of] six-tenths of the amount of Dow liquor tax.
†3. The act of remitting to custody. Obs.
1755in Johnson. |