REMIT

vi to send money, as in payment.

2. remit ·vt to restore.

3. remit ·vt to relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.

4. remit ·vt to send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.

5. remit ·vt to forgive; to pardon; to remove.

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

7. remit ·vt 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.

8. remit ·vi 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.

9. remit ·vt 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.