Remitment

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Remitment \Re*mit"ment\ (-ment), n.
     The act of remitting, or the state of being remitted;
     remission.
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           Disavowing the remitment of Claudius.    --Milton.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  remitment
       n 1: a payment of money sent to a person in another place [syn: {remittance},
             {remittal}, {remission}]
       2: (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law
          case to another court) [syn: {remission}, {remit}]