Remitting

3 definitions found

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

  Remit \Re*mit"\ (r?-m?t"), v. 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.
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              In the case the law remits him to his ancient and
              more certain right.                   --Blackstone.
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              In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be
              remitted to their prince.             --Hayward.
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              The prisoner was remitted to the guard. --Dryden.
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     2. To restore. [Obs.]
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              The archbishop was . . . remitted to his liberty.
                                                    --Hayward.
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     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.
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     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.
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     5. To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.
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              So willingly doth God remit his ire.  --Milton.
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     6. To forgive; to pardon; to remove.
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              Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto
              them.                                 --John xx. 23.
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     7. To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the
        performance of an obligation. "The sovereign was
        undoubtedly competent to remit penalties." --Macaulay.
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     Syn: To relax; release; abate; relinguish; forgive; pardon;
          absolve.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  remit
       n : (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law
           case to another court) [syn: {remission}, {remitment}]
       v 1: send (money) in payment; "remit $25"
       2: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: {postpone},
           {prorogue}, {hold over}, {put over}, {table}, {shelve}, {set
          back}, {defer}, {put off}]
       3: release from (claims, debts, or taxes); "The texes were
          remitted"
       4: refer (a matter or legal case) to another committe or
          authority or court for decision [syn: {remand}, {send back}]
       5: forgive; "God will remit their sins"
       6: make slack as by lessening tension or firmness [syn: {slacken}]
       7: diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted"
       [also: {remitting}, {remitted}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  remitting
       See {remit}