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verbmake slack as by lessening tension or firmness
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verbrefer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decisiontype of:
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noun(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)type of:
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verbhold back to a later timetype of:
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"The pain finally remitted"verbdiminish or abate
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"God will remit their sins"verbforgivetype of:
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"The taxes were remitted"verbrelease from (claims, debts, or taxes)type of:
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"remit $25"verbsend (money) in paymenttype of:
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"they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life"nounthe topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with
Definition that contains remit
- end either extremity of something that has length
- end a boundary marking the extremities of something
- end the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
- hand the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- foot the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
- foot a support resembling a pedal extremity
- center a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
- draw pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
- quarter pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
- centre a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure