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Webster 1913 Edition

Remit

Re-mit′

(r?-m?t′)
,
Verb.
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. “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 I remit 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′

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Remit

REMIT'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. remitto, to send back; re and mitto, to send.]
1.
To relax, as intensity; to make less tense or violent.
So willingly doth God remit his ire.
2.
To forgive; to surrender the right of punishing a crime; as, to remit punishment.
3.
To pardon, as a fault or crime.
Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them.
John 20.
4.
To give up; to resign.
In grievous and inhuman crimes, offenders should be remitted to their prince.
5.
To refer; as a clause that remitted all to the bishop's discretion.
6.
To send back.
The pris'ner was remitted to the guard.
7.
To transmit money, bills or other thing in payment for goods received. American merchants remit money, bills of exchange or some species of stock, in payment for British goods.
8.
To restore.
In this case, the law remits him to his ancient and more certain right.

REMIT'

, v.i.
1.
To slacken; to become less intense or rigorous.
When our passions remit, the vehemence of our speech remits too.
So we say, cold or heat remits.
2.
To abate in violence for a time, without intermission; as, a fever remits at a certain hour every day.

Definition 2024

remit

remit

See also: remît

English

Alternative forms

  • remytte (obsolete)

Verb

remit ‎(third-person singular simple present remits, present participle remitting, simple past and past participle remitted)

  1. To forgive, pardon.
    • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 307:
      So he said that there was no sin to remit in baptism: ‘sin is not born with a man, it is subsequently committed by the man; for it is shown to be a fault, not of nature, but of the human will’.
  2. To refrain from exacting or enforcing.
    to remit the performance of an obligation
    • Macaulay
      The sovereign was undoubtedly competent to remit penalties.
  3. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To give up; omit; cease doing.
  4. To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.).
  5. (obsolete) To show a lessening or abatement (of) a specified quality.
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p.132-3:
      Great Alexander in the midst of all his prosperity […], when he saw one of his wounds bleed, remembered that he was but a man, and remitted of his pride.
  6. (obsolete) To diminish, abate.
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Book I, New York 2001, p. 139:
      Dotage, fatuity, or folly […] is for the most part intended or remitted in particular men, and thereupon some are wiser than others […].
  7. To refer (something) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person).
    • Blackstone
      In the case the law remits him to his ancient and more certain right.
    • Hayward
      In grievous and inhuman crimes, offenders should be remitted to their prince.
    • Dryden
      The prisoner was remitted to the guard.
  8. (obsolete) To send back.
  9. (archaic) To give or deliver up; surrender; resign.
  10. To restore or replace.
    • Hayward
      The archbishop was […] remitted to his liberty.
  11. To postpone.
  12. To transmit or send, as money in payment.
    • 2003: The Hindu, World Cup sponsors can remit money in forex: SC read at on 14 May 2006
      The Supreme Court today allowed major sponsors, including LG Electronics India (LGEI), to remit foreign exchange for the tournament.

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Noun

remit ‎(plural remits)

  1. (chiefly Britain) terms of reference; set of responsibilities; scope.
    • 2000: Scientific Working Group on Good Laboratory Practice issues, Handbook: Good Laboratory Practice read on World Health Organisation website at on 14 May 2006:
      WHO/TDR should prepare a volume containing ... important issues in the performance of studies that fall outside of the GLP remit.
    • 2001: H. Meinardi et al, ILAE Commission, The treatment gap in epilepsy: the current situation and ways forward read at on 14 May 2006:
      However, this is beyond the remit of this particular article.
    • 2003: Andy Macleod, Cisco Systems, Pulling it all together - the 21st Century Campus read at [] on 14 May 2006:
      Next steps ... Create one IS organisation and extend remit to all HE activities.
    • 2012, The Economist, Sep 29th 2012 issue, Chile's economic statistics: For reacher - or poorer
      [...] Chile needs to gather together its statisticians into a single agency, such as a new and improved INE, and give it more autonomy and a broader remit.

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French

Verb

remit

  1. third-person singular past historic of remettre

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Etymology

From Middle English remitten, from Old French remettre, remetre, remitter, from Latin remittere ‎(“to send, send back”), present active infinitive of remittō.

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