Definition of remit
remitted
;remitting
transitive verb
1a : to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or whollyb : to desist from (an activity)c : to let (attention or diligence) slacken : relax
2a : to release from the guilt or penalty of remit sinsb : to refrain from exacting remit a taxc : to cancel or refrain from inflicting remit the penaltyd : to give relief from (suffering)
3 : to submit or refer for consideration, judgment, decision, or action; specifically : remand
4 : to restore or consign to a former status or condition
6 : to send (money) to a person or place especially in payment of a demand, account, or draft
intransitive verb
1a : to abate in force or intensity : moderateb : to abate symptoms (as of a disease) for a period
2 : to send money (as in payment)
remitter
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Examples of remit in a Sentence
A patient who has mild flare-ups in the skin and joints twice a year may one day awaken with kidney failure or paralysis that, one month later, mysteriously remits. —Elizabeth Rosenthal, New York Times Book Review, 19 Nov. 1989
And he was, therefore, as little surprised as a man could be, to find himself awakened at the small inn to which he had been remitted until morning, in the middle of the night. —Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, 1859
I was brought in guilty and sentenced to die; but that the judges, having been made sensible of the hardship of my circumstances, had obtained leave to remit the sentence upon my consenting to be transported. —Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, 1722
Please remit $1,000 upon receipt of this letter.
Payment can be remitted by check.
The governor remitted the remainder of her life sentence.
Origin and Etymology of remit
Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere to send back, from re- + mittere to send
First Known Use: 14th century
Definition of remit
1 British : an area of responsibility or authority —usually singular The problem was outside/beyond our remit. The BBC simply no longer sees producing Shakespeare as part of its remit as a public service television broadcaster. — John Morrison
2 : an act of remitting
3 : something remitted to another person or authority
Origin and Etymology of remit
see 1remit
First Known Use: 15th century
REMIT Defined for English Language Learners
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: to send (money) as a payment
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: to cancel or free someone from (a punishment, debt, etc.)
remit
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: an area of responsibility and authority
REMIT Defined for Kids
Medical Dictionary
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remitted
;remitting
: to abate symptoms for a period : go into or be in remission her leukemia remitted for a year
Law Dictionary
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remitted
remitting
transitive verb
1 a : to release from the guilt or penalty of b : to refrain from exacting remit a tax c : to cancel or refrain from inflicting remit the fine
2 : to submit or refer for consideration, judgment, decision, or action; specifically : remand
3 : to restore or consign to a former status or condition
4 : to send (money) to a person or place especially in payment of a demand, account, or draft
intransitive verb
: to send money (as in payment)
remitment
nounremittable
adjectiveOrigin and Etymology of remit
Latin remittere to let go back, send back, give up, forgive, from re- back + mittere to let go, send
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