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REMIT

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Irregular inflected forms: remitted    , remitting   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)

Synonyms:

remission; remit; remitment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("remit" is a kind of...):

referral (the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency))

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

remit (refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with

Example:

they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("remit" is a kind of...):

issue; matter; subject; topic (some situation or event that is thought about)

Domain region:

Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Diminish or abate

Example:

The pain finally remitted

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "remit" is one way to...):

decrease; diminish; fall; lessen (decrease in size, extent, or range)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

remission; remittal (an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease))

remittent ((of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

Synonyms:

remit; slacken

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "remit" is one way to...):

loose; loosen (make loose or looser)

Cause:

slacken (become looser or slack)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "remit"):

douse; dowse (slacken)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Forgive

Example:

God will remit their sins

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "remit" is one way to...):

forgive (stop blaming or grant forgiveness)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision

Synonyms:

remand; remit; send back

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "remit" is one way to...):

challenge (issue a challenge to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

remission; remit; remitment ((law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court))

Sense 5

Meaning:

Release from (claims, debts, or taxes)

Example:

The taxes were remitted

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "remit" is one way to...):

cancel; strike down (declare null and void; make ineffective)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 6

Meaning:

Send (money) in payment

Example:

remit $25

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "remit" is one way to...):

pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)

"Remit" entails doing...:

transfer (cause to change ownership)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

remitment; remittal; remittance (a payment of money sent to a person in another place)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Hold back to a later time

Example:

let's postpone the exam

Synonyms:

defer; hold over; postpone; prorogue; put off; put over; remit; set back; shelve; table

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "remit" is one way to...):

delay (act later than planned, scheduled, or required)

"Remit" entails doing...:

reschedule (assign a new time and place for an event)

call off; cancel; scratch; scrub (postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "remit"):

call (stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather)

hold (stop dealing with)

suspend (render temporarily ineffective)

probate (put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence)

reprieve; respite (postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

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