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Verb: remit (remitted,remitting) ri'mit- Send (money) in payment
"remit $25" - Hold back to a later time
- postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table [N. Amer], shelve, set back, defer, put off - Release from (claims, debts, or taxes)
"The taxes were remitted" - Refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision
- remand, send back - Forgive
"God will remit their sins" - Make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
- slacken - Diminish or abate
"The pain finally remitted" Noun: remit ree'mit- The topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with
"they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life" - (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
- remission, remitment
Derived forms: remits, remitted, remitting See also: remission, remitment, remittent Type of: cancel, challenge, decrease, delay, diminish, fall, forgive, issue, lessen, loose, loosen, matter, pardon, pay, referral, strike down, subject, topic Encyclopedia: Remit |