remit : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: remit	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for remit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
remit n 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" (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) Synonym(s): remission, remitment, remit v send (money) in payment; "remit $25" hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" Synonym(s): postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off release from (claims, debts, or taxes); "The taxes were remitted" refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision Synonym(s): remit, remand, send back forgive; "God will remit their sins" make slack as by lessening tension or firmness Synonym(s): slacken, remit diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Remit \Re*mit"\, v. i. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Remit \Remit"\ (r?-m?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Remitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Remitting}.] [L. remittere, remissum, to send back, to slacken, relax; pref. re- re- + mittere to send. See {Mission}, and cf. {Remise}, {Remiss}.] 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. [bd]Remitting them . . . to the works of Galen.[b8] --Sir T. Elyot. (b) To submit, refer, or leave (something) for judgment or decision. [bd]Whether the counsel be good I remit* it to the wise readers.[b8] --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. [bd]The sovereign was undoubtedly competent to remit penalties.[b8] --Macaulay. Syn: To relax; release; abate; relinguish; forgive; pardon; absolve.