to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.
to refrain from inflicting or enforcing, as a punishment, sentence, etc.
to refrain from exacting, as a payment or service.
to pardon or forgive (a sin, offense, etc.).
to slacken; abate; relax: to remit watchfulness.
to give back: to remit an overpayment.
Law. to send back (a case) to an inferior court for further action.
to put back into a previous position or condition.
to put off; postpone; defer.
Obsolete. to set free; release.
Obsolete. to send back to prison or custody.
Obsolete. to give up; surrender.
verb (used without object),re·mit·ted,re·mit·ting.
to transmit money, a check, etc., as in payment.
to abate for a time or at intervals, as a fever.
to slacken; abate.
noun
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
something remitted, as for further deliberation or action.
the act of remitting.
Chiefly British. the area of authority of a person or group.
Origin of remit
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere “to send back, let go back, concede, allow,” equivalent to re- “again; back” + mittere “to send”; see re-
SYNONYMS FOR remit
1 forward.
4 excuse, overlook.
5 diminish.
6 return, restore.
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ANTONYMS FOR remit
1 retain.
4 condemn.
5 increase.
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historical usage of remit
The verb remit comes directly from Latin remittere “to send back, go back, return, release, let go,….” (The many Latin senses of remittere cover four and a half columns in the Oxford Latin Dictionary). From its earliest appearance in Middle English, this verb had three main categories of meaning: surrender or forgiveness; ceasing or diminishing; referring or sending. The specific sense “to send money” appeared about 1543. The British noun sense “the area of authority of a person or group” dates from the second half of the 19th century.
OTHER WORDS FROM remit
re·mit·ta·ble,adjectivenon·re·mit·ta·ble,adjectivenon·re·mit·ta·bly,adverbpre·re·mit,verb (used with object),pre·re·mit·ted,pre·re·mit·ting.