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Definition of Remit
Remit

To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.

To restore.

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.

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.

To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.

To forgive; to pardon; to remove.

To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation.

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.

To send money, as in payment.

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Remit Translations

remit in Afrikaans is kanselleer
remit in Dutch is ontbinden, annuleren, afgelasten
remit in French is remettez, remettre, remettent, remets, remettons
remit in Italian is trasferire
remit in Spanish is remitir

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