Antonyms for remitted


Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb, noun ri-mit; noun ree-mit
Phonetic Transcription : verb, noun rɪˈmɪt; noun ˈri mɪt


Definition of remitted

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 pardon cannot touch the guilt; but when the guilt is remitted, there is still the penalty.
  • Extract from : « Short Studies on Great Subjects » by James Anthony Froude
  • If this tax was remitted, would you not get work yourselves, and on your own account too?
  • Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat
  • This amount was remitted, in the twelve months preceding the war, in specie.
  • Extract from : « Albert Gallatin » by John Austin Stevens
  • Money was remitted to London either by carrier or through some merchant.
  • Extract from : « The History of London » by Walter Besant
  • As he was a poor man the debt was remitted, but he was obliged to leave the province.
  • Extract from : « The Greatest Highway in the World » by Anonymous
  • He desired nothing that was not his own, and remitted much that was.
  • Extract from : « The Vicar of Bullhampton » by Anthony Trollope
  • Dicky saw this, and remitted at once; always remembering that Rs.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition » by Rudyard Kipling
  • The great duties on salt conveyed into the interior, were remitted.
  • Extract from : « Journal of a Voyage to Brazil » by Maria Graham
  • July 13, 1778, Franklin remitted to Hartley the lists of English prisoners.
  • Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by John Torrey Morse, Jr.
  • In this year, all debts were to be remitted, and slaves set at liberty.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Domestic Economy » by Catherine Esther Beecher

Synonyms for remitted

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