remitmentn.
/rᵻˈmɪtm(ə)nt/, U.S. /rəˈmɪtm(ə)nt/, /riˈmɪtm(ə)nt/ 1. Remission; pardon; cancellation or reduction of a punishment; an instance of this. Chiefly with of. Now rare.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [noun]
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givenessc1200
remission?c1225
veny?c1225
gracec1300
forgiftc1315
excusinga1340
absolutiona1393
pardona1393
veynea1425
pardoningc1443
pardonancec1475
forgivance1490
remit1490
oblivion1563
remitting1577
remittance1602
remitment1611
condonation1615
excuse1655
condonance1865
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > absolution > [noun]
shrifta900
forgivenessc900
absolutionOE
veny?c1225
soilinga1300
lesenessc1300
remission?1316
indulgence1377
assoilingc1380
pardona1393
veynea1425
pardoningc1443
remit1490
remitting1577
remittal1596
remitment1611
absolvement1689
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Absoute, a generall absolution, pardon, forgiuenesse, remitment of offences.
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 34 Gods Law especially grants every where to error easy remitments.
1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. ii. 63 The Procurator endeavour'd to bring all thir goods within the compass of a new confiscation, by disavowing the remittment of Claudius.
1737 T. Morgan Moral Philosopher 122 I had supposed an immediate Obligation to arise,..concerning their offering up all their First-born of both Man and Beast, antecedent to the Mitigation or Remitment of this Obligation afterwards.
1764 E. Seymour Compl. Hist. Eng. II. x. 47/2 They sent a committee to tamper with Essex who had been greatly offended, and received Waller after the remitment of his sentence, with tokens of general esteem.
1812 Halcyon Luminary 1 367 It enables the rich to purchase a remitment of the punishment.
1866 Times 22 Feb. 10/6 The wife..endeavoured to procure a remitment of some portion of the punishment.
1928 J. Evans tr. G. D. de Gamez Unconquered Knight iii. 216 The condition that he set was that..the King should make him, in the presence of all, remitment of his wife, free and quit of all recovery.
2. The action of remitting money; a remittance. Also with of, to.
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society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > remittance of money
remittance1638
remise1653
remitment1678
remitting1849
1678 Spanish Hist. 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.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Remitment or Remittance, a return of Money, &c.
1792 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) III. 419 The debtor who endeavored to make a remitment of his debt, or interest, must have done it three times.
1832 J. Sparks Life of Gouverneur Morris 256 Contributions were raised in both, and..the Deputies sent from Frankfort, to solicit the remitment of her contribution, were made prisoners here.
1894 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 7 Dec. 1/8 An order..for the remitment to the township poor fund..[of] six-tenths of the amount of Dow liquor tax.
1936 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 99 794 There is only a brief reference to the purchases and remitments of silver.
1996 Business Jrnl.-Jacksonville (Nexis) 1 Mar. 3 In the 1980s, ISF was hired by the South Carolina Hospital Association to connect the billing and remitment programs used by 59 hospitals and 11 insurance companies.
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1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Remitment, the act of remitting to custody.
1891 H. C. Black Law Dict. 1020/2 Remitment, the act of sending back to custody.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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