remitverb [ T ]
uk/rɪˈmɪt/us/rɪˈmɪt/-tt-remit verb [ T ] (REDUCE)
UK specialized law to reduce a period of time that someone must spend in prison:
She has had part of her sentence remitted.
His prison sentence was remitted to two years.
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Not punishing & reducing punishment
- absolve
- amnesty
- clemency
- commutation
- commute
- diplomatic immunity
- discharge
- free pardon
- get (sb) off (sth)
- hook
- impunity
- let
- let sb off
- off the hook idiom
- pardon
- parole
- remission
- reprieve
- spare
- unpunished
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remit verb [ T ] (SEND)
formal to send money to someone:
He worked as a builder in Chicago and remitted half his monthly wage to his family in the Philippines.
formal to refer a matter to someone in authority to deal with:
She remitted the case to a new tribunal for reconsideration.
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Delivering and despatching
- air drop
- air-dash
- airlift
- consign
- containerize
- despatch
- drop
- enclose
- fire
- fire sth off
- forward
- funnel
- get sth in
- route
- send
- send sth in
- send sth off
- send sth on
- shipping
- trot
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Office practices
remitnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈriː.mɪt/us/ˈriː.mɪt/the area that a person or group of people in authority has responsibility for or control over:
The remit of this official inquiry is to investigate the reasons for the accident.
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Duty, obligation and responsibility
- accountable
- answer for sb/sth
- answer for sth
- answer to sb
- answerable
- brother
- commitment
- fail
- have sth on your hands idiom
- I am not my brother's keeper idiom
- in the hot seat idiom
- incharge
- it's your own lookout idiom
- portfolio
- responsible
- risk
- saddle sb with sth
- social contract
- stick
- stick sb with sth
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