Synonyms of remitting

remitting 1 of 2

adjective

as in compensatory

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

• 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
• swelling
• enlarging
• mounting
• escalating
• intensifying
• soaring
• burgeoning
• appearing
• emerging
• picking up
• mushrooming
• waxing
• snowballing
• showing up
• ballooning
• lengthening
• blowing up
• elongating
• 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)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of remitting

Verb

Instead, the audit found, the state was remitting fee revenue to the general fund and using more than half the money for purposes unrelated to the board. — Phoebe Quinton, AJC.com, 15 June 2026

Instead of remitting those taxes to the IRS, prosecutors alleged Kapoor diverted over $2 million from company accounts for his personal benefit. — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026

Because ulcerative colitis is a relapsing–remitting disease, many people go through quiet periods and then experience flares when inflammation ramps up again. — Mark Marino, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026

The autoimmune disease can affect nearly every organ system—including the joints, skin, kidneys, heart, lungs and brain—and typically follows a relapsing-remitting pattern, meaning symptoms flare and quiet down over time. — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 13 Mar. 2026

Kimberly Ward, 56, has primary progressive multiple sclerosis, which affects her mobility and her partner, Kimberly Perssonatti, 49, has relapsing remitting MS that affects her cognitively regarding recall and comes with visual issues, vertigo and temperature regulation. — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026

Some companies also assist with some, or all, aspects of the annual unclaimed property reporting process, including mailing and collecting due diligence letters and responses, reissuing checks and reporting and remitting property and funds to the states. — New York Daily News Special Sections, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026

Whether the tax applies to some digital transfers is unclear, as are the mechanics for collecting, calculating, and remitting the tax. — Carrie Brandon Elliot, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026