v. t. | 1. | To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign. |
2. | To restore. | |
3. | (Com.) To transmit or send, esp. to a distance, as money in payment of a demand, account, draft, etc.; | |
4. | To send off or away; hence: | |
5. | To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate. | |
6. | To forgive; to pardon; to remove. | |
7. | To refrain from exacting or enforcing; | |
v. i. | 1. | To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; |
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) |
Verb | 1. | remit - send (money) in payment; "remit $25" |
2. | remit - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" | |
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 | |
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.