remis

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Remised p. pr. & vb. n. Remising. ] [ F. remise delivery, surrender, fr. remettre to put back, deliver, L. remittere. See Remit. ] To send, give, or grant back; to release a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A house for covered carriages; a chaise house. Sterne. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary fiacre; -- so called because kept in a remise. Cooper. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The act of being remiss; inefficiency; failure. [ Obs. ] “Remisses of laws.” Puttenham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. remissus, p. p. of remittere to send back, relax. See Remit. ] Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou never wast remiss, I bear thee witness. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

These nervous, bold; those languid and remiss. Roscommon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Its motion becomes more languid and remiss. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Slack; dilatory; slothful; negligent; careless; neglectful; inattentive; heedles; thoughtless. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inclined to remit punishment; lenient; clement. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being remissible. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. remissibilis: cf. F. rémissible. See Remit. ] Capable of being remitted or forgiven. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. rémission, L. remissio. See Remit. ] 1. The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Matt. xxvi. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]

That ples, therefore, . . .
Will gain thee no remission. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Med.) A temporary and incomplete subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as destinguished from intermission, in which the disease completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The act of sending back. [ R. ] Stackhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance. [ 1913 Webster ]