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verb

Remit v. t. (past & past part. remitted; pres. part. remitting)

1.

To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign. "In the case the law remits him to his ancient and more certain right." "In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be remitted to their prince." "The prisoner was remitted to the guard."

2.

To restore. (Obs.) "The archbishop was... remitted to his liberty."

3.

(Com.) To transmit or send, esp. to a distance, as money in payment of a demand, account, draft, etc.; as, he remitted the amount by mail.

4.

To send off or away; hence:

(a)

To refer or direct (one) for information, guidance, help, etc. "Remitting them... to the works of Galen."

(b)

To submit, refer, or leave (something) for judgment or decision. "Whether the counsel be good I remit it to the wise readers."

5.

To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate. "So willingly doth God remit his ire."

6.

To forgive; to pardon; to remove. "Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them."

7.

To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation. "The sovereign was undoubtedly competent to remit penalties."

Synonyms: To relax; release; abate; relinguish; forgive; pardon; absolve.

Remit v. i.

1.

To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits.

2.

To send money, as in payment.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Remit" Quotes from Famous Books

... In Lancashire there is little or no circulation of country bank-notes; but there is a great circulation of bills drawn upon London at two or three months' date. I receive bills to a considerable amount from Lancashire in particular, and remit them to Norfolk, Suffolk, &c., where the bankers have large lodgments, and much surplus money to advance on ...

— Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market • Walter Bagehot

... are come round to your question; the judge cannot make the punishment more severe; but when the punishment is fine or imprisonment, the quantity or duration of the punishment is left to his judgment. The king may remit the punishment entirely; he may pardon the criminal; he may, if a man be sentenced to be hanged, give him his choice, whether he will be hanged or transported"—(the word ...

— Practical Education, Volume II • Maria Edgeworth

... tail, the Ritualistic party in the Episcopal Church, make a great noise about the words of our Saviour in St. John: "Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them: and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained" ...

— The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional • Father Chiniquy

... B. Hall, refused to pay their fines and were sent to jail. Susan appealed on their behalf to Senator Sargent in Washington, who eventually secured a pardon for them from President Grant. He also presented a petition to the Senate, in January 1874, to remit Susan's fine, as did William Loughridge of Iowa to the House, but ...

— Susan B. Anthony - Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian • Alma Lutz

... we know that up to the very end of his reign and of his life, he carefully and with great benefit observed this rule, not to remit the arrears of tribute by edicts which they call indulgences. For he knew that by such conduct he should be giving something to the rich, whilst it is notorious everywhere that, the moment that taxes are imposed, the poor ...

— The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus • Ammianus Marcellinus

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