| remit |
verb t. |
To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign., To restore., 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., 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., To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate., To forgive; to pardon; to remove., To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation., 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., To send money, as in payment. |