remit

Meanings

To transmit or send (e.g. money in payment); to supply.
To forgive, pardon (a wrong, offence, etc.).
To refrain from exacting or enforcing.
To give up; omit; cease doing.
To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.).
To show a lessening or abatement (of a specified quality).
To diminish, abate.
To refer (something or someone) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person).
To send back.
To give or deliver up; surrender; resign.
To restore or replace.
To postpone.
To refer (someone to something), direct someone's attention to something.

From Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere, present active infinitive of remittō. Compare Old French remettre, remetre, remitter.

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