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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : verb, noun ri-mit; noun ree-mit |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb, noun rɪˈmɪt; noun ˈri mɪt |
Definition of remit
Origin :- late 14c., "to forgive, pardon," from Latin remittere "send back, slacken, let go back, abate," from re- "back" (see re-) + mittere "to send" (see mission). Meaning "allow to remain unpaid" is from mid-15c. Meaning "send money (to someone)" first recorded 1630s. Related: Remitted; remitting.
- verb send, transfer
- verb stop, postpone
- The stoutest antagonist, if he remit his watch a moment, is oppressed.
- Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
- Yes—Mademoiselle had charged her to remit the billet to Monsieur.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- Be so good as send me Fergusson, by Connell, and I will remit you the money.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- You will remit to her my casket, in which all my private papers are kept.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan
- They say Shuffles is teasing him to remit the rest of the penalty.
- Extract from : « Down the Rhine » by Oliver Optic
- By these reasons he was persuaded to bridle his anger, and remit the severity of his oath.
- Extract from : « Great Pirate Stories » by Various
- But he reserved to himself alone the power to remit the entire satisfaction.
- Extract from : « The Smalcald Articles » by Martin Luther
- To show that no injury to his fortunes was intended, the King was pleased to remit the tax of 300l.
- Extract from : « Raleigh » by Edmund Gosse
- I could indeed, and would, remit a trifle, on hearing the worst.
- Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
- Remit as much of your money as you can to where it will be secure from the spoilers.
- Extract from : « Snarley-yow » by Frederick Marryat
Synonyms for remit
- abate
- absolve
- address
- alleviate
- amnesty
- cancel
- condone
- consign
- decrease
- defer
- delay
- desist
- diminish
- dispatch
- dwindle
- ease up
- excuse
- exonerate
- fall away
- forbear
- forgive
- forward
- halt
- hold off
- hold up
- intermit
- make payment
- mitigate
- moderate
- modify
- modulate
- pardon
- pay
- post
- prorogue
- put off
- reduce
- relax
- release
- repeal
- reprieve
- rescind
- respite
- route
- settle
- shelve
- ship
- sink
- slack
- slacken
- soften
- square
- stay
- suspend
- transmit
- wane
- weaken
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