Remit

v. t.	1.	To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign. [imp. & p. p. Remitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Remitting.] In the case the law remits him to his ancient and more certain right. - Blackstone. In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be remitted to their prince. - Hayward. The prisoner was remitted to the guard. - Dryden.
	2.	To restore. The archbishop was . . . remitted to his liberty. - Hayward.
	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.
	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. - Milton.
	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.
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.

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

TO REMIT. To annul a fine or forfeiture.
     2. This is generally done by the courts where they have a discretion by law: as, for example, when a juror is fined for nonattendance in court, after being duly summoned and, on appearing, he produces evidence to the court that he was sick and unable to attend, the fine will be remitted by the court.
     3. In commercial law, to remit is to send money, bills, or something which will answer the purpose of money.

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