Synonyms of remitting

remitting 1 of 2

adjective

as in compensatory

Synonyms & Similar Words

• compensatory
• pardoning
• absolving
• condoning
• vindicating
• exonerating
• exculpating
• exculpatory
• commuting
• acquitting
• reprieving
• nonpunitive

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• penal
• punitive
• disciplinary
• correcting
• disciplining
• correctional
• corrective
• chastening
• retaliatory
• penalizing
• retributive
• chastising
• castigating
• revengeful
• wrathful
• vengeful
• retributory
• retaliative

remitting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of remit

1

as in decreasing

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually

waited until the rain remitted a little and ran to the car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decreasing
• subsiding
• diminishing
• declining
• falling
• vanishing
• easing
• shrinking
• tapering
• ebbing
• moderating
• lowering
• dropping (off)
• relenting
• dying (away or down or out)
• receding
• lessening
• waning
• draining (away)
• falling away
• dwindling
• tapering off
• abating
• ratcheting (down)
• weakening
• evaporating
• letting up
• racheting (down)
• phasing down
• palling
• compressing
• contracting
• alleviating
• de-escalating
• condensing
• collapsing
• melting (away)
• slackening
• constricting
• fading (away)
• tailing (off)
• slowing (down)
• giving out
• petering (out)
• frittering (away)
• relaxing
• flagging
• sinking
• caving (in)
• deflating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increasing
• growing
• rising
• accumulating
• building
• expanding
• enlarging
• swelling
• escalating
• mounting
• intensifying
• soaring
• burgeoning
• mushrooming
• waxing
• appearing
• picking up
• emerging
• snowballing
• ballooning
• showing up
• bourgeoning
• lengthening
• elongating
• blowing up
• distending

2

as in ignoring

to dismiss as of little importance

the judge refused to remit the young man's cavalier disregard for his pile of unpaid speeding tickets and summarily revoked his driver's license

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ignoring
• forgiving
• explaining
• justifying
• overlooking
• pardoning
• excusing
• disregarding
• discounting
• condoning
• passing over
• whitewashing
• brushing (aside or off)
• blinking (at)
• winking (at)
• glossing (over)
• shrugging off
• papering over
• forgiving and forgetting
• overpassing
• rationalizing
• exonerating
• glozing (over)
• absolving
• acquitting
• waiving
• exculpating
• vindicating
• closing one's eyes to
• waving (aside or off)
• clearing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• noting
• marking
• objecting (to)
• heeding
• minding

3

as in postponing

to assign to a later time

the legislature has remitted the matter to the next session, where it will most likely die in committee

Synonyms & Similar Words

• postponing
• delaying
• deferring
• holding over
• shelving
• suspending
• waiting
• putting off
• holding off (on)
• putting over
• laying over
• hesitating
• pausing
• holding up
• staying
• slowing
• detaining
• retarding
• prolonging
• lengthening
• stretching (out)
• extending
• protracting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doing
• working (on)
• acting
• dealing (with)
• deciding (upon)