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re·mit • v. / riˈmit/ (-mit·ted , -mit·ting ) [tr.] 1. cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment): the excess of the sentence over 12 months was remitted. ∎ Theol. pardon (a sin). 2. send (money) in payment or as a gift: the income they remitted to their families. 3. refer (a matter for decision) to some authority: the request for an investigation was remitted to a special committee. ∎ Law send back (a case) to a lower court. ∎ Law send (someone) from one tribunal to another for a trial or hearing. ∎ archaic consign again to a previous state: thus his indiscretion remitted him to the nature of an ordinary person. 4. rare postpone: the movers refused Mr. Tierney's request to remit the motion. ∎ [intr.] archaic diminish: phobias may remit spontaneously without any treatment. • n. / riˈmit; ˈrēˌmit/ 1. the task or area of activity officially assigned to an individual or organization: the committee was becoming caught up in issues that did not fall within its remit. 2. an item referred to someone for consideration. DERIVATIVES: re·mit·ta·ble adj. re·mit·tal / -ˈmitl/ n. re·mit·ter n. ORIGIN: late Middle English: from Latin remittere ‘send back, restore,’ from re- ‘back’ + mittere ‘send.’ The noun dates from the early 20th cent. |
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"remit." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "remit." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-remit.html "remit." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-remit.html |
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A. forgive (sin); abstain from exacting (a penalty) XIV. B. give up, desist from XIV. C. refer for consideration, etc. XIV; put back, XVI; put off XVII; transmit; D. intr. abate XVII. — L. remittere send back, slacken, relax, postpone. f. RE- + mittere put, send. Hence remittance XVIII. So remission forgiveness XIII; remitting (of debt, etc.) XIV; diminution of force XVII. — (O)F. — L. |
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T. F. HOAD. "remit." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "remit." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-remit.html T. F. HOAD. "remit." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-remit.html |
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REMITTo transmit or send. To relinquish or surrender, such as in the case of a fine, punishment, or sentence. An individual, for example, might remit money to pay bills. |
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"Remit." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Remit." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437703737.html "Remit." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437703737.html |
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remit •acquit, admit, backlit, bedsit, befit, bit, Brit, Britt, chit, commit, demit, dit, emit, fit, flit, frit, git, grit, hit, intermit, it, kit, knit, legit, lickety-split, lit, manumit, mishit, mitt, nit, omit, outsit, outwit, permit, pit, Pitt, pretermit, quit, remit, retrofit, shit, sit, skit, slit, snit, spit, split, sprit, squit, submit, tit, transmit, twit, whit, wit, writ, zit
•albeit, howbeit
•poet
•bluet, cruet, intuit, suet, Yuit
•Inuit • floruit • Jesuit
•Babbitt, cohabit, habit, rabbet, rabbit
•ambit, gambit
•jackrabbit • barbet • Nesbit • rarebit
•adhibit, exhibit, gibbet, inhibit, prohibit
•titbit (US tidbit) • flibbertigibbet
•Cobbett, gobbet, hobbit, obit, probit
•orbit • Tobit
•cubit, two-bit
•hatchet, latchet, ratchet
•Pritchett
•crotchet, rochet
•dammit, Hammett, Mamet
•emmet, semmit
•helmet, pelmet
•remit • limit • kismet • climate
•comet, grommet, vomit
•Goldschmidt
•plummet, summit
•Hindemith
•hermit, Kermit, permit
•gannet, granite, Janet, planet
•magnet • Hamnett • pomegranate
•Barnet, garnet
•Bennett, genet, jennet, rennet, senate, sennet, sennit, tenet
•innit, linnet, minute, sinnet
•cygnet, signet
•cabinet • definite • Plantagenet
•bonnet, sonnet
•cornet, hornet
•unit
•punnet, whodunnit (US whodunit)
•bayonet • dragonet • falconet
•baronet • coronet
•alternate, burnet
•sandpit • carpet • armpit • decrepit
•cesspit • bear pit • fleapit
•pipit, sippet, skippet, snippet, tippet, Tippett, whippet
•limpet • incipit • limepit
•moppet, poppet
•cockpit • cuckoo-spit • pulpit • puppet
•crumpet, strumpet, trumpet
•parapet • turnspit
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"remit." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "remit." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-remit.html "remit." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-remit.html |
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