remit

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the case the law remits him to his ancient and more certain right. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be remitted to their prince. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

The prisoner was remitted to the guard. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To restore. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The archbishop was . . . remitted to his liberty. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate. [ 1913 Webster ]

So willingly doth God remit his ire. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To forgive; to pardon; to remove. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them. John xx. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation. “The sovereign was undoubtedly competent to remit penalties.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To relax; release; abate; relinguish; forgive; pardon; absolve. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To send money, as in payment. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of remitting, or the state of being remitted; remission. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disavowing the remitment of Claudius. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, esp. to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The sum or thing remitted. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Com.) One to whom a remittance is sent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. remittens, p. pr. : cf. F. rémittent. ] Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Remittent fever (Med.), a fever in which the symptoms temporarily abate at regular intervals, but do not wholly cease. See Malarial fever, under Malarial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who remits. Specifically: (a) One who pardons. (b) One who makes remittance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The sending or placing back of a person to a title or right he had before; the restitution of one who obtains possession of property under a defective title, to his rights under some valid title by virtue of which he might legally have entered into possession only by suit. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., (it) is remitted. ] (Law) (a) A remission or surrender, -- remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of damages. (b) A sending back, as when a record is remitted by a superior to an inferior court. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]