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Definition of Remit

1. Verb. Send (money) in payment. "Remit $25"

2. Noun. 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"

3. Verb. Hold back to a later time. "Let's postpone the exam"

4. Noun. (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court).

5. Verb. Release from (claims, debts, or taxes). "The taxes were remitted"

6. Verb. Refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision.

7. Verb. Forgive. "God will remit their sins"

8. Verb. Make slack as by lessening tension or firmness.

9. Verb. Diminish or abate. "The pain finally remitted"

Definition of Remit

1. v. t. To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.

2. v. i. 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.

Definition of Remit

1. Verb. To forgive, pardon. ¹

2. Verb. To give up, stop succumbing to (a negative emotion etc.). ¹

3. Verb. To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.). ¹

4. Verb. (obsolete) To show a lessening or abatement (of) a specified quality. ¹

5. Verb. (obsolete) To diminish, abate. ¹

6. Verb. To refer (something) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person). ¹

7. Verb. To postpone. ¹

8. Verb. To transmit or send, as money in payment. ¹

9. Noun. (chiefly British) terms of reference; set of responsibilities. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Remit

1. to send money in payment [v -MITTED, -MITTING, -MITS]

Medical Definition of Remit

1. To become less severe for a time without absolutely ceasing. Origin: see remission (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Remit

remissful remissibility remissible remissibleness remissibly remission remission induction remission induction chemotherapy remission of sin remissions

remissive remissly remissness remissnesses remissory remit (current term) remitment remitments remits remittable

remittal remittals remittance remittance man remittance men remittances remitted remittee remittees remittence

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