remit

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To transmit or send (e.g. money in payment); to supply.
2. (transitive) To forgive, pardon (a wrong, offence, etc.).
3. (transitive) To refrain from exacting or enforcing; to cancel.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To give up; omit; cease doing.
5. (transitive) To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.).
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To show a lessening or abatement (of a specified quality).
7. (intransitive, obsolete) To diminish, abate.
8. (transitive) To refer (something or someone) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person).
9. (obsolete, transitive) To send back.
10. (archaic, transitive) To give or deliver up; surrender; resign.
11. (transitive) To restore or replace.
12. (transitive) To postpone.
13. (obsolete, transitive) To refer (someone to something), direct someone's attention to something.

Noun

1. (British) Terms of reference; set of responsibilities; scope.
2. A communication from a superior court to a subordinate court.

Synonyms

send

cancel

forgive

pardon

abjure

abolish

abrogate

annul

transmit

release

absolve

forward

excuse

dispatch

defer

redeem

remand

abate

mitigate

postpone

deliver

slacken

set back

alleviate

exempt

send back

relieve

ease

condone

relax

submit

table

transfer

return

shelve

refer

allay

put over

prorogue

put off

remission

moderate

overlook

mail

address

hold over

despatch

let off

restore

remitment

Translations

remitir

rimettere

enviar

remettre

remeter

ontbinden

perdonar

bağışlamak

afgelasten

affetmek

enviar

annuleren

trasferire

enviar

überweisen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈmɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: remitten

Cognate with Old French: remettre

In summary

From Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere (“to send, send back”). Compare Old French remettre, remetre, remitter.