remit

Meanings

• 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"
• (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
• send (money) in payment;
• "remit $25"
• hold back to a later time;
• release from (claims, debts, or taxes);
• "The taxes were remitted"
• refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision
• forgive;
• "God will remit their sins"
• make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
• diminish or abate;
• "The pain finally remitted"
• REMIT v -MITTED, -MITTING, -MITS to send money in payment

Synonyms

• remission
• remitment
• postpone
• prorogue
• hold over
• put over
• table
• shelve
• set back
• defer
• put off
• remand
• send back
• slacken

Scrabble Score: 7

remit is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

remit is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

remit is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

remit is a valid Words With Friends word

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