REMIT
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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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Re*mit", 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.
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2. To send money, as in payment. Addison.
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