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- pronunciation:
- rih
mit
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
remits, remitting, remitted |
| definition 1: |
to send (money) to someone or some place.
Please remit payment immediately.- synonyms:
- pay
- similar words:
- compensate, dispatch, forward, reimburse, remunerate, repay, satisfy, send, settle, transmit, wire
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| definition 2: |
to refrain from carrying out; cancel.
The penalty was remitted.- synonyms:
- annul, cancel, countermand, invalidate, nullify, rescind, revoke, void
- similar words:
- excuse
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| definition 3: |
to forgive or pardon (a sin or fault).
- synonyms:
- absolve, excuse, forgive, pardon
- similar words:
- overlook
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| definition 4: |
to allow (one's interest, effort, or the like) to abate or relax.
- synonyms:
- relax, slacken
- similar words:
- abate, ease
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| definition 5: |
in law, to send (a case) back to a lower court for further proceedings.
- synonyms:
- remand
- similar words:
- transfer
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| related words: |
absolve, acquit, excuse, forgive, respite |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to send money, usu. in payment of a debt.
- synonyms:
- pay, pay off, repay
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| definition 2: |
to lessen or diminish; abate.
She's requiring less medication now as the pain is remitting.- synonyms:
- abate, decrease, diminish, ease up, lessen, subside
- similar words:
- dwindle, ebb, moderate, relax, slacken, wane
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| related words: |
pay |
adverb + (v.)remit
please, spontaneously
(v.)remit
+ noun
bank,
check,
customer,
debt,
disease,
dividend,
earnings,
excellency,
failure,
fines,
fund,
husband,
illness,
law,
migrant,
money,
pardon,
payment,
percentage,
profit,
punishment,
sentence,
sin,
tax,
treatment,
wage,
worker
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
in law, the transfer of a case or action to a usu. lower jurisdiction.
- synonyms:
- remand
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adjective + (n.)remit
broad, fucking, indicated, kindly, limitless, overarching, ritual, self-styled, tentative
verb + (n.)remit
draft, entrust, extend, give, sort
noun + (n.)remit
accountability, examiner, familiarity, geographer, materialist, merit, opium, superiority, woman
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| derivation: |
remittable (adj.) |
The word remit
contains the following parts:
re-
Latin
prefix
that means again; back or back again
  More about this word part:
The prefix re-
occurs in verbs that are Latin loanwords, where it can mean "again" (revise
) or "back again" (reflect
). It also attaches to English verbs (replay
, rewind) with both meanings. Any verb can be prefixed by "re-
" to indicate that an action is repeated. No hyphen is necessary unless the word formed is identical to an existing word (re-sign the document, but resign
from a job).
Example words:
irrefragable, irremissible, irrevocable, re-coil, re-cover, react, reappear, rebuild, recall, recede, recoil, reconstruct, record, recover, redo, reflect, reflection, regress, reheat, relive, remissible, remit, remove, renew, renewal, repaint, repay, replay, replete, report, reporter, reservation, resign, resignation, respect, retract, reverse, reversible, revert, review, revise, revision, revive, revolve, revolution, rewrite, rebel, rebellious
mit, mis1, mitt, miss, -mise
Latin
root
that means send, let go
Example words:
admissible, admission, admit, admittance, admittedly, commissar, commissariat, commissary, commission, commissioner, commit, commitment, committed, committee, compromise, demise, dismiss, dismissal, emissary, emission, emit, impermissible, intermit, intromit, irremissible, manumit, missal, missile, missilery, mission, missionary, missive, omit, permissible, permission, permissive, permit, premise, pretermit, promise, promisee, promising, promisor, promissory note, recommit, remiss, remissible, remission, remit, remittal, remittance, remittent, submission, submissive, submit, surmise, transmissible, transmission, transmit, transmitter, uncommitted, uncompromising, unremitting
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