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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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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