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| n. (cognition) | 1. remit | the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with.; "they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life" |
| ~ matter, topic, issue, subject | some situation or event that is thought about.; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police" |
| n. (act) | 2. remission, remit, remitment | (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court). |
| ~ referral | the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency). |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| v. (possession) | 3. remit | send (money) in payment.; "remit $25" |
| ~ transfer | cause to change ownership.; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children" |
| ~ pay | give money, usually in exchange for goods or services.; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please" |
| v. (stative) | 4. defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table | hold back to a later time.; "let's postpone the exam" |
| ~ reschedule | assign a new time and place for an event.; "We had to reschedule the doctor's appointment" |
| ~ call off, cancel, scrub, scratch | postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled.; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill" |
| ~ delay | act later than planned, scheduled, or required.; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" |
| ~ call | stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather.; "call a football game" |
| ~ hold | stop dealing with.; "hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting" |
| ~ suspend | render temporarily ineffective.; "the prison sentence was suspended" |
| ~ probate | put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence. |
| ~ reprieve, respite | postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution. |
| v. (communication) | 5. remit | release from (claims, debts, or taxes).; "The taxes were remitted" |
| ~ strike down, cancel | declare null and void; make ineffective.; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" |
| v. (communication) | 6. remand, remit, send back | refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision. |
| ~ challenge | issue a challenge to.; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match" |
| v. (communication) | 7. remit | forgive.; "God will remit their sins" |
| ~ forgive | stop blaming or grant forgiveness.; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday" |
| v. (change) | 8. remit, slacken | make slack as by lessening tension or firmness. |
| ~ loosen, loose | make loose or looser.; "loosen the tension on a rope" |
| ~ dowse, douse | slacken.; "douse a rope" |
| ~ slacken | become looser or slack.; "the rope slackened" |
| v. (change) | 9. remit | diminish or abate.; "The pain finally remitted" |
| ~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
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