Definition of remit

noun (n)

• the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with (noun.cognition)

  Example:
  They set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life.
  

  source: wordnet30
• (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) (noun.act)

  Synonym: remission, remitment
  

  source: wordnet30

verb (v)

• send (money) in payment (verb.possession)

  Example:
  Remit $25.
  

  source: wordnet30
• hold back to a later time (verb.stative)

  Synonym: defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, set back, shelve, table
  

  source: wordnet30
• release from (claims, debts, or taxes) (verb.communication)

  Example:
  The taxes were remitted.
  

  source: wordnet30
• refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision (verb.communication)

  Synonym: remand, send back
  

  source: wordnet30
• forgive (verb.communication)

  Example:
  God will remit their sins.
  

  source: wordnet30
• make slack as by lessening tension or firmness (verb.change)

  Synonym: slacken
  

  source: wordnet30
• diminish or abate (verb.change)

  Example:
  The pain finally remitted.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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