verb trans
to refrain from inflicting or exacting (e.g. a debt or punishment)
remit a tax
to pardon (a sin)
to release somebody from the guilt or penalty of (sin)
to send (money) in payment to a person or place
to refer (something) for consideration or judgment; specif to return (a case) to a lower court
to lessen in force or intensity; to moderate
remittal noun
remittable adj
remitter noun
[Middle English remitten from Latin remittere to send back, from re- + mittere to send]