Definitions for remit

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remit re·mit

Spelling: [verb, noun ri-mit; noun ree-mit]

IPA: /verb, noun rɪˈmɪt; noun ˈri mɪt/

Remit is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 74 anagrams from letters in remit (eimrt).

Definitions for remit

noun

1. 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.
2. something remitted, as for further deliberation or action.
3. the act of remitting.
4. Chiefly British. the area of authority of a person or group.

verb (used with object)

1. to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.
2. to refrain from inflicting or enforcing, as a punishment, sentence, etc.
3. to refrain from exacting, as a payment or service.
4. to pardon or forgive (a sin, offense, etc.).
5. to slacken; abate; relax:
6. to give back:
7. Law. to send back (a case) to an inferior court for further action.
8. to put back into a previous position or condition.
9. to put off; postpone; defer.
10. Obsolete. to set free; release.
11. Obsolete. to send back to prison or custody.
12. Obsolete. to give up; surrender.

verb (used without object)

1. to transmit money, a check, etc., as in payment.
2. to abate for a time or at intervals, as a fever.
3. to slacken; abate.

Origin of remit

1325-75; Middle English remitten Latin remittere to send back, let go back, concede, allow, equivalent to re- re- + mittere to send

Examples for remit

The stoutest antagonist, if he remit his watch a moment, is oppressed.

By these reasons he was persuaded to bridle his anger, and remit the severity of his oath.

But that was not within the remit of the Dutch investigators.

They say Shuffles is teasing him to remit the rest of the penalty.

You will remit to her my casket, in which all my private papers are kept.

Yes—Mademoiselle had charged her to remit the billet to Monsieur.

Fifty minutes later, when the remit to oversee the bid was awarded to Hunt, Osborne replied, “I hope you like the solution!”

Be so good as send me Fergusson, by Connell, and I will remit you the money.

But he reserved to himself alone the power to remit the entire satisfaction.

He questioned whether preventing pictures being taken was part of the police protection unit's remit.