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Definition of Remitment

1. Noun. A payment of money sent to a person in another place.

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

Definition of Remitment

1. n. The act of remitting, or the state of being remitted; remission.

Definition of Remitment

1. Noun. The act of remitting; remission. ¹

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Definition of Remitment

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Remitment

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

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

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

Literary usage of Remitment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Wonder-working Providence of Sions Saviour in New England by Edward Johnson (1867)
"In October, 1652, Mr. Hill petitions for the remitment of the fines. Mr. Matthews's fine is remitted, and £10 from that of the Church. (iii. 294. ..."

2. The Mining Laws of the Republic of Colombia: With a Short Explanation of by Charles Bullman (1892)
"If the remitment of the despatch should be made by conduct of the interested party, said party must deliver the documents to the commissioner within twenty ..."

3. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1907)
"PS I omitted M mention that a petition has been presented to the President, signed by several thousand persons in Vermont, praying a remitment of Lyon's ..."

4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson memorial association of the United States (1907)
"... to answer your drafts for the allowances herein before mentioned, recruiting them at the same time by an adequate remitment; as I expect that by the ..."

5. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh (1905)
"All personal access between creditor and debtor was made illegal; and the debtor, who endeavored to make a remitment of his debt, or interest, ..."

6. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"remitment, (re-mit'-ment) ns The act of remitting to custody. To REMIT, (re-mi.O «. n. To slacken ; to grow less intense ; to abate by growing less eager ..."

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