Remit

Definitions: Remit

Remit

Noun

1. The act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court).

Verb

1. Send payment for.

2. Hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam".

3. Release from (claims and debts).

4. Of appeal courts.

5. Make slack as by lessening tension or firmness.

6. Go into remission, as of one's state of health.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "remit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Tips from 1870

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Synonyms: Remit

Cessation

Intromit, interrupt, suspend, interpel; intermit, remit; put an end to, put a stop to, put a period to; derail; turn off, switch off, power down, deactivate, disconnect; bring to a stand, bring to a standstill; stop, cut short, arrest, stem the tide, stem the torrent; pull the check-string, pull the plug on.

Exemption

Exempt, release, acquit, discharge, quitclaim, remise, remit; free, set at liberty, let off, pass over, spare, excuse, dispense with, give dispensation, license; stretch a point; absolve; (forgive); exonerate; (exculpate); save the necessity.

Forgiveness

Let off, remit, absolve, give absolution, reprieve; acquit.

Inaction

Verb: not do, not act, not attempt; be inactive; abstain from doing, do nothing, hold, spare; not stir, not move, not lift a finger, not lift a foot, not lift a peg; fold one's arms, fold one's hands; leave alone, let alone; let be, let pass, let things take their course, let it have its way, let well alone, let well enough alone; quieta non movere; stare super antiquas vias; rest and be thankful, live and let live; lie rest upon one's oars; laisser aller, faire; stand aloof; refrain; (avoid) keep oneself from doing; remit one's efforts, relax one's efforts; desist; (relinquish); stop; (cease); pause; (be quiet).

Moderation

Verb: be -moderate; Adjective: keep within bounds, keep within compass; sober down, settle down; keep the peace, remit, relent, take in sail.

Restitution

Verb: return, restore; give back, carry back, bring back; render, render up; give up; let go, unclutch; disgorge, regorge; regurgitate; recoup, reimburse, compensate, indemnify; remit, rehabilitate; repair; (make good).

Crosswords: Remit

French (remitted).

Music

• Remit Recaps (reference)

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What must be done in the case? I answer; the fundamental law of nature being, that all, as much as may be, should be preserved, it follows, that if there be not enough fully to satisfy both, viz, for the conqueror's losses, and children's maintenance, he that hath, and to spare, must remit something of his full satisfaction, and give way to the pressing and preferable title of those who are in danger to perish without it. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

MS is a disease with a natural tendency to remit spontaneously, and for which there is no universally effective treatment and no known cause. (references)

It is premature to generalize from these data on course and outcome for the entire population of persons with recurrent mood disorders, which presumably includes a substantial number whose conditions remit spontaneously, who never seek treatment, or who are treated in other settings. (references)

Business

Its remit includes airport operation and aircraft security, building, upgrading and maintenance. (references)

Canadian importers must now remit seven percent of the duty-paid value of their imported merchandise to Revenue Canada. (references)

In general, legislation is favorable for foreign investors, who can sign tax and legal stability agreements with the government and who can freely remit dividends, royalties and profits abroad. (references)

Civil Liberties

Philippines

An estimated 7.4 million citizens work overseas and remit money home. (references)

Economic History

Botswana

Investors are allowed to remit funds through a legal parallel market. (references)

Venezuela

Decree 2095 guarantee the ability to remit funds for franchising rights. (references)

Human Rights

Nepal

The King also can suspend, commute, or remit any sentence. (references)

Political Economy

Nigeria

Underlying the federal-state relationship is the reality that the states remit their state-generated revenues (from VATs, import tariffs, oil operations, etc.) to the federal government, which in rebates a percentage back to the states according to a complicated revenue-sharing formula. (references)

Trade

Taiwan

Individuals are allowed to remit a maximum of US$5 million yearly to or from overseas. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "remit": remit till ♦ remit to ♦ to remit. Additional references.

Afrikaan

kanselleer (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel), annulleer (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel), afsê (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, countermand). (various references)

Albanian

ridërgoj, zvogëlohem (melt), ndjej (forgive, pardon, sensate, sense, smack, smelt, suffer), mbahem (carry, comport, hold, hold on, hold one's own, keep), fal (amnesty, condone, excuse, forgive, give, give away, incline, lend, pardon, pray, set, switch off), bëj mënjanë (remove, sidestep), abrogoj (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel). (various references)

Arabic 

‏غفر (absolve, condone, excuse, forgive, pardon), ‏سكن (alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, calm, cool, dwell, dwelling, dwelt, ease, fall, gentle, habitation, hostel, house, hut, kill, live, lodging, lull, occupy, pacify, palliate, place, qualify, quarters, quiet, quieten, repose, residence, salve, set together, settle, solace, soothe, stay, still, supple, tenant), ‏صفح عن, ‏خفف (alleviate, attemper, attenuate, deaden, ease off, extenuate, gloss over the facts, lessen, mitigate, modify, muffle, palliate, qualify, relax, relent, relieve, slack, slake, slim, solace, subdue, succor, succour, thin, water down), ‏إحالة الدعوى, ‏ألغى عقوبة, ‏أعاد (bring round, carry back, get back, give back, go over, iterate, keep, push out, put back, reestablish, repay, repeat, resit, restart, restore, return, revert, send back, take back, throw back), ‏أجل (adjourn, carry over, continue, defer, delay, dignify, esteem, glorify, hold over, honor, honour, look up to, postpone, procrastinate, prorogue, put back, put off, rather, refer back, regard, set aside, shelve, stall, suspend, table, value, yep, yes), ‏أرسل مالا, ‏أرجأ (defer, postpone, procrastinate, prorogue, protract, put off, reserve, respite, waive), ‏دفع (actuate, anticipate, bleed, boost, carry, crowd, dig, disburse, drive, eject, encourage, flog, galvanize, give, impulse, instigate, jog, jostle, motivate, nuzzle, pay, pay down, payment, plank, press, prompt, propel, propulsion, push, render up, repulsion, roll, rouse, shove, spur, sweep, thrust, thrusting, waft, wheel). (various references)

Bulgarian 

връщам в затвора, връщам за преразглеждане (open, refer back), освобождавам (discharge, disencumber, disengage, dispense, emancipate, enfranchise, exempt, extricate, free, give off, let loose, liberate, loose, make free, manumit, redeem, release, rescue, set free, turn off, unbar, unbind, unburden, uncork, unfasten, unhand, unloose, unpen, unshackle, vacate), отслабям (abate, cripple, depauperate, ease, loosen, reduce, relax, shake, weaken, wear down), отменям (abate, abrogate, annul, avoid, cancel, countermand, disaffirm, extinguish, override, quash, raise, recall, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, scrub, supersede, undo, wash out, withdraw), опрощавам (absolve, condone, forgive, loose, pardon, release), намалявам (abate, abbreviate, allay, attenuate, bring down, clip, contract, curtail, cut back, cut down, decline, decrease, deduct, deflate, degrade, deplete, detract, dim, diminish, ebb, extenuate, fine, impair, knock off, lessen, lighten, lull, minify, minimize, moderate, modify, pare down, prejudice, put back, put down, reduce, run down, scant, shorten, shrink, sink, slacken, subdue, take from, thin, thin away, thin down, understate, wane, work down), превеждам (interpret, pilot, render, transfer, translate, transpose). (various references)

Chinese 

赦免 (pardon), 匯寄 , 匯 (to converge, to exchange), 汇寄 (remittance). (various references)

Czech

zmírnit (allay, alleviate, break, cushion, deaden, defuse, dilute, ease, extenuate, loosen, mitigate, palliate, relieve, slacken, smooth, soften, soothe, subdue, temper, tone down, understate), vrátit (counter, give back, hand back, put back, repay, restore, retrieve, return, take back, turn back), prominout (condone, excuse, forgive, overlook, palliate, pardon), pravomoc (authority, competence), podrobit (overwhelm, subdue, subject, undergo), odpustit (forgive, pardon), odeslat (despatch, dispatch, draw out, forward, send, send off, transmit), kompetence (authority, competence, jurisdiction). (various references)

Danish

sende afbud (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, countermand), aflyse (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel). (various references)

Dutch

ontbinden (abjure, abolish, abrogate, analyse, analyze, annul, cancel, resolve), annuleren (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel), afgelasten (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel). (various references)

Esperanto

nuligi (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel). (various references)

Faeroese

taka aftur (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, draw back, withdraw), gera til einkis (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel). (various references)

Farsi 

فرونشاندن (Appease, Calm, Curb, Extinguish, Infix, Lull, Pacify, Quash, Quell, Quench, Relieve, Repress, Sate, Slack, Soften, Stanch, Stifle, Suppress, Tranquilize), پول رسانیدن , معاف کردن (Dismiss, Dispense, Excuse, Exempt, Frank), وجه فرستادن , امرزیدن (Absolve, Forgive), بخشیدن (Bestow, Betake, Condone, Dispense, Donate, Forgive, Give, Giveaway, Grant, Indulgence, Pardon, Pleasure, Portion, Privilege, Spare, Vouchsafe). (various references)

Finnish

lähettää (consign, dispatch, forward, pass on, send, send off, send on, transmit). (various references)

French

remettre (recover, reset, return). (various references)

Frisian

skrasse (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel), annulearje (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel), ôfsizze (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, countermand). (various references)

German

überweisen (assign, refer, to remit, transfer). (various references)

Greek 

συγχωρώ (absolve, condone, excuse, forgive, pardon), μετριάζω (abate, allay, attenuate, damp, extenuate, mitigate, moderate, palliate, qualify, season, temper, tone down), εμβάζω (to remit). (various references)

Hawaiian

abrogoj (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel). (various references)

Hebrew 

למחול (absolve, forgive, palliate, pardon, renounce), ל�"קל (ease, extenuate, facilitate, mitigate, moderate, palliate, relieve, slight), ל�"פחית (abate, abridge, cut down, decrease, devaluate, diminish, lower, reduce, step down, subtract, take away). (various references)

Hungarian

megsemmisít (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, avoid, cancel, efface, elide, nullify, repeal, to annihilate, to annul, to cancel, to destroy, to disfigure, to eliminate, to eradicate, to exterminate, to give sy a trouncing, to nullify, to overwhelm, to put down, to put to rout, to repeal, to reverse, to rout, to set aside, to smite hip and thigh), megbocsát (condone, excuse, forgive, pardon, to excuse, to let off, to pardon, to remit), mérsékel (moderate, modify, to abate, to chastise, to check, to cool, to curb, to lessen, to mitigate, to remit, to slacken, to soften, to tone down), elenged büntetést, elenged adósságot, csökkent (abate, alleviate, attenuate, cut, cut back, decrease, diminish, look down, lower, mitigate, reduce, reduced, step down, to abate, to abridge, to ax, to curtail, to cut back, to cut down, to deflate, to depress, to derogate, to ease, to ease down, to lessen, to lower, to pare down, to pull in, to put down, to reduce, to release, to send down, to slack, to slacken, to step down, tone down, understate). (various references)

Italian

annullare (abate, abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, avoid, cancel, counter, countermand, delete, dissolve, nullify, override, overrule, quash, rescind, scrub, set aside, tear up, to abrogate). (various references)

Korean 

송금 (remittance, Remitting). (various references)

Malay

membatalkan (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel), batalkan (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel). (various references)

Manx

pardooney (amnesty, condone, pardon), lheih (render). (various references)

Papiamen

kanselá (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel), anulá (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel). (various references)

Pig Latin

emitray

Portuguese

revogar (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, avoid, call back, call off, cancel, countermand, deprive, determine, disaffirm, discharge from, quash, recall, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke), remitir (pardonable), remir (forge, forgive, purge, ransom, redeem), remeter (deliver, forward, mail, refer, send, transmit), suspender (adjourn, cancel, dangle, discontinue, hang, inhibit, intermittence, interrupt, lever, lift, paralyse, paralyze, put up, raise, sling, suspend, swing), perdoar (absolve, condone, excuse, forgave, forgive, indulgence, let off, look through, make allowance for, pardon), diminuir de intensidade, declararsemefeito (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel), comutar (commute, exchange), cancelar (annul, cancel, countermand, delete, expurgate, nullify, recall, rescind, revoke), anular (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, annular, cancel, countermand, cross out, defeat, delete, disaffirm, disannul, dissolve, irritate, negate, neutron, nullify, off, overrule, quash, recall, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, ring finger, ringed, rip up, set aside, strike out). (various references)

Romanian

remite (deliver, give, hand, relegate), reabilita (discharge, exonerate, rehabilitate, retrieve, vindicate, whitewash), plãti (defray, disburse, finance, foot, fork out, fork over, fork up, give, make good, offset, pay, quit, shell out, stand, stump up), abroga (abate, abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, nullify, repeal, rescind, revoke), achita (acquit, clear, defray, discharge, exonerate from, liquidate, pay, pay down, pay off, quit, receipt, satisfy, Square, trace), anula (abate, abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, defeat, disaffirm, disannul, discharge, dissolve, negate, negative, nullify, overrule, quash, recall, render null, repeal, rescind, reverse, undo, vacate, vitiate), domoli (allay, appease, assuage, calm, lighten, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, quiet, reassure, soften, soothe), elibera (clear, clear out, deliver, discharge, disengage, emancipate, enfranchise, exonerate, free, give, issue, liberate, make out, manumit, privilege, ransom, release, remand, rescue, rid, unbind, unchain, unfetter, unhand, unshackle, vacate), expedia (bundle, consign to, dispatch, expedite, forward, post, send, ship, transmit, turn away), înainta (advance, enter, forward, gain, get on, go onward, make head, march on, move, prefer, present, progress, promote, refer, send, submit), micşora (abate, abridge, attenuate, Bate, belittle, contract, cut, deaden, decrease, detract, dilute, dock, drop, dwarf, ease, knock down, lessen, lighten, lower, mellow, mitigate, narrow, palliate, pare, pare down, put down, rebate, reduce, restrain, retrench, shorten, stop, subdue, subjugate, weaken, whittle away), trimite (direct, dispatch, expedite, forward, march away, march out, refer, send, ship, transmit), scuti (absolve, disengage, dispense, excuse, exempt, forgive, free, privilege, release, relieve, save, spare), se calma (calm, compose oneself, cool, fall, smooth down), se potoli (abate, burn down, calm, dampen, die away, fall, flatten, lull, quiet, settle, smooth down, soften, subside), transfera la o altã instanţã, transmite (assign, bestow, carry, circulate, communicate, confer, consign to, convey, deliver, deliver over, demise, devolve, give, hand, pass, perpetuate, record, refer, render, send, transfer, transfuse, transmit), ierta (absolve, acquit, allow, apologize, condone, excuse, forgive, pardon, permit, remise, shrive, spare). (various references)

Russian 

уменьшаться (abate, come down, decline, decrease, depopulate, diminish, dwindle, grow down, grow downwards, peter out, take off), уменьшать (abate, decrease, detract, diminish, extenuate, lessen, minify, narrow down, reduce, relieve, retrench, scale down, shrinks, take off, throttle back), смягчать (assuage, attenuate, commute, damp, extenuate, mellow, melt, mitigate, moderate, mollify, palatalize, palliate, relax, soft pedal, soften, subdue, tone down), отменять (abolish, abrogate, annul, back out, call off, cancel, defeat, disaffirm, disannul, disestablish, override, overrule, recall, repeal, rescind, retract, revoke, revoked, revoking, undid, undone), прощать (absolve, condone, excuse, forgave, forgive, forgiven, overlook, release), пересылать. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uputiti nižem sudu, poslati (consign, consign to, dispatch, forward, get off, relay, send, set forth, ship), popustiti (cede, defer, ease up, give in, give way to, let up, relax, relent, slack, slacken, unbrace), oprostiti (absolve, condone, forgive, pardon), odložiti (adjourn, carry over, defer, delay, lay aside, postpone, put off, reprieve, reserve, respite, retard, stay, table). (various references)

Spanish

remitir (despatch, dispatch, refer, refer back), contramandar (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, countermand), anular (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, annular, annulus, avoid, cancel, countermand, defeat, destroy, discontinue, invalidate, negate, negative, nullify, override, overrule, overturn, quash, repudiate, rescind, revoke, ring finger, scrub, set aside, to abrogate, to override, undo, void, write off). (various references)

Swedish

remittera (refer), förlåta (absolve, condone, excuse, forgive, pardon), efterskänka (compound, forgive, give up, release), översända (consign). (various references)

Turkish

yatıştırmak (abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, comfort, compose, conciliate, defuse, disarm, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, salve, sedate, settle, smooth down, smother up, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), vazgeçmek (abandon, back down, back down from, back out, back out of, back track, backtrack, be off, beat a retreat, cease, cede, change one's mind, cry off, cut loose, declare off, desist, disclaim, dispense with, do without, drop the reins, forbear, forego, forgo, forsake, give over, give up, go without, jack in, kick, leave, leave off, opt out, quit, recant, recede, relinquish, renounce, resign, retract, sink, Stow, surrender, swerve, throw over, throw up, turn about, turn around, turn up, unlearn, waive, wangle, wangle out of), para göndermek, kolaylaştırmak (be helpful, catalyze, ease, expedite, facilitate, further, make a dent in, make easy, pave the way, pave the way for, short circuit, simplify, smooth, smooth the way, streamline), iptal etmek (abolish, abort, abrogate, annihilate, annul, avoid, blank out, call off, cancel, countermand, declare off, disaffirm, disallow, invalidate, irritate, negate, nullify, overrule, quash, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, scrub, set aside, setaside, stultify, suspend, vacate, void, wash out, write off), havale göndermek (make remittance, send money order), hafifletmek (allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attenuate, commute, deaden, de-escalate, ease, emasculate, extenuate, facilitate, lighten, mitigate, moderate, modify, palliate, qualify, relieve, soft pedal, subdue, water, weaken), günah çıkarmak (confess), göndermek (address, bundle off, conjure away, consign, dispatch, expedite, forward, freight, order away, refer, relegate, route, send, send away, send forth, send off, send out, ship, ship off, transmit), feshetmek (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, call off, cancel, countermand, dissolve, do away with, outlaw, quash, rescind, set aside, vacate, wash out), bağışlamak (absolve, bestow, dispense, donate, endow, excuse, forgive, give away, give to charity, grant, hand out, hand over, have mercy, instate, kick in, pardon, save), ara vermek (break, discontinue, have a break, intermit, interrupt, lay off, lay over, lie off, make a pause, pause, prorogue, recess, space, space out, surcease, suspend), íptal etmek (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel), affetmek (absolve, condone, dismiss, excuse, forgive, pardon, release). (various references)

Ukranian 

звільняти (absolve, acquit, affranchise, avoid, bag, cashier, clear, defecate, disband, disencumber, disengage, dismiss, ease, eject, emancipate, enfranchise, exempt, exonerate, free, let out, loose, manumit, purify, release, rescue, rid, set free, supersede, unfetter, unshackle, untie, vacate), прощати (absolve, amnesty, excuse, overlook, pardon), пом'якшувати (allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attenuate, dulcify, expurgate, gentle, milden, mitigate, modify, mollify, palatalize, rebate, smooth, smooth over, soft pedal, soften, soothe, tone down), переказувати (rehearse). (various references)

Welsh

maddau (absolve, forgive, pardon). (various references)

condonare, remiserat, remiseritis, remiserunt, remisi, remisisset, remisisti, remisit, remisitque, remissa, remissae, remissas, remissus, remittas, remittat, remittatur, remitte, remittemus, remittentes, remittentur, remittere, remittetur, remittimus, remittit, remittitis, remitto, remittuntur. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "remit": remitment, remitments, remits, remittable, remittal, remittals, remittance, remittances, remitted, remittent, remitter, remitters, remitting, remittor, remittors. (additional references)

Words containing "remit": eremite, eremites, eremitic, eremitical, eremitism, eremitisms, extremities, extremity, fremitus, fremituses, unremitting, unremittingly. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Remit" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bramfitt, Brumfitt, Brummitt, dremyth, Erwitt, Gemito, Gremicha, hemit, Kremnitz, Nesmith, Raimat, Rajit, Ramat, ramet, rami, ramish, ranit, recit, redit, Reekit, reemie, reemy, Regmi, Reimut, Reit, remac, remant, remat, remath, remet, remez, remi, Remia, remic, remie, remin, remint, remitt, Remitz, remo, remot, remu, remy, renat, renish, renit, renot, rerit, resit, retit, revit, revitt, rexit, riit, rimi, Rohit, Rokit, romi, romit, Ronita, Roniti, Rumfitt, semit, tremuit. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: merit, miter, mitre, timer.

-1 letter: emir, emit, item, mire, mite, rime, rite, term, tier, time, tire, trim.

-2 letters: ire, met, mir, rei, rem, ret, rim, tie.

-3 letters: em, er, et, it, me, mi, re, ti.

+1 letter: hermit, imaret, iterum, merits, metier, metric, milter, minter, mister, miters, mither, mitier, mitred, mitres, permit, reemit, remint, remits, remixt, retime, retrim, smiter, timber, timbre, timers, trimer.

+2 letters: airtime, amirate, demerit, dimeter, emerita, emeriti, emirate, emitter, emptier, eremite, erotism, firmest, hermits, imarets, imbrute, imprest, imputer, interim, limiter, maestri, maltier, marlite, marmite, meatier, merited, metiers, metrics, metrify, metring, metrist, midterm, migrate, milters, miltier, minaret, minster, minters, mintier, minuter, miriest, mirkest, misrate, misterm, misters, mistier, mitered, miterer, mithers, mixture, moister, mortice, mortise, mothier, motlier, muriate, mustier, mythier, omitter, permits, premixt, pretrim, primate, ragtime, raiment, readmit, reemits, remints, retimed, retimes, retrims, rimiest, smartie, smiters, terbium, terming, termini, termite, thermic, thymier, timbers, timbrel, timbres, timider, trimers, trimmed, trimmer, trireme, triseme, trisome, unmiter, unmitre, vitamer, vomiter, wartime.

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