Remit /(r?-m?t")/

Re·mit

Remit

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Remitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Remitting

  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.
    In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be remitted to their prince.
    — Hayward.
    The prisoner was remitted to the guard.
  2. To restore. [Obs.]
    The archbishop was . . . remitted to his liberty.
    — Hayward.
  3. 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. (Com.)
  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.
  5. To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.
    So willingly doth God remit his ire.
  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.

Remit

v. 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.