Meaning

13 senses
  1. (transitive)To transmit or send (e.g. money in payment); to supply.

    переводи́тьperevodítʹ, перевести́perevestí, перечисля́тьperečisljátʹ

    send (money) in payment

  2. (transitive)To forgive, pardon (a wrong, offense, etc.).

    проща́ть, отпуска́ть

    forgive

  3. (transitive)To refrain from exacting or enforcing; to cancel.

    to remit the performance of an obligation

  4. (transitive)To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.).

  5. (transitive)To refer (something or someone) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person).

  6. (transitive)To restore or replace.

  7. (transitive)To postpone.

  8. (obsolete, transitive)To give up; omit; cease doing.

  9. (intransitive, obsolete)To show a lessening or abatement (of a specified quality).

  10. (intransitive, obsolete)To diminish, abate.

    diminish or abate

  11. (obsolete, transitive)To send back.

    hold back to a later time

  12. (archaic, transitive)To give or deliver up; surrender; resign.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. We will need to remit the case to a superior court.

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  2. Alright, go and tell the guard that I am remitting his punishment.

  3. May we ask you to remit the settlement in full at your earliest convenience?

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  4. I won't be able to remit the balance until the first of the month.

    ruЯ не смогу перевести остаток суммы до первого числа. — sharptoothed

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  5. The storm remitted its fury.

    ruГроза умерила своё буйство. — Biga

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to transmit or send, to supply:
to forgive, pardon:

Origin

From Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere (“to send, send back”). Compare Old Fre

From Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere (“to send, send back”). Compare Old French remettre, remetre, remitter.

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Forms

remits, remitting, remitted, remitted
Base formremit · to remit
3rd person singularremits
Present participleremitting
Past simpleremitted
Past participleremitted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyremit
he, she, itremits

Past simpleLesson

all personsremitted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave remitted
he, she, ithas remitted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill remit

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words

See also

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