remit Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with
    • they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life
  2. noun (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
    remitment; remission.
  3. verb send (money) in payment
    • remit $25
  4. verb hold back to a later time
    prorogue; set back; defer; put off; put over; shelve; table; postpone; hold over.
    • let's postpone the exam
  5. verb release from (claims, debts, or taxes)
    • The taxes were remitted
  6. verb refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision
    remand; send back.
  7. verb forgive
    • God will remit their sins
  8. verb make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
    slacken.
  9. verb diminish or abate
    • The pain finally remitted

WordNet

Re*mit" transitive verb
Etymology
L. remittere, remissum, to send back, to slacken, relax; pref. re- re- + mittere to send. See Mission, and cf. Remise, Remiss.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Remitted; present participle & verbal noun Remitting
Definitions
  1. To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.
    In the case the law remits him to his ancient and more certain right. Blackstone.
    In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be remitted to their prince. Hayward.
    The prisoner was remitted to the guard. Dryden.
  2. To restore. Obs.
    The archbishop was . . . remitted to his liberty. Hayward.
  3. (Com.) To transmit or send, esp. to a distance, as money in payment of a demand, account, draft, etc.; as, he remitted the amount by mail.
  4. To send off or away; hence: (a) To refer or direct (one) for information, guidance, help, etc. "Remitting them . . . to the works of Galen." Sir T. Elyot. (b) To submit, refer, or leave (something) for judgment or decision. "Whether the counsel be good Iremit it to the wise readers." Sir T. Elyot.
  5. To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.
    So willingly doth God remit his ire. Milton.
  6. To forgive; to pardon; to remove.
    Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them. John xx. 23.
  7. To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation. "The sovereign was undoubtedly competent to remit penalties." Macaulay. Syn. -- To relax; release; abate; relinguish; forgive; pardon; absolve.
Re*mit" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits.
  2. To send money, as in payment. Addison.

Webster 1913