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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Remit \Re*mit"\ (r?-m?t"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Remitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Remitting}.] [L. remittere, remissum, to send back, to slacken, relax; pref. re- re- + mittere to send. See {Mission}, and cf. {Remise}, {Remiss}.]
1. To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.
In the case the law remits him to his ancient and more certain right. --Blackstone.
In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be remitted to their prince. --Hayward.
The prisoner was remitted to the guard. --Dryden.
2. To restore. [Obs.]
The archbishop was . . . remitted to his liberty. --Hayward.
3. (Com.) 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.
4. 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. ''Whether the counsel be good I remit it to the wise readers.'' --Sir T. Elyot.
5. To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.
So willingly doth God remit his ire. --Milton.
6. To forgive; to pardon; to remove.
Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them. --John xx. 23.
7. To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation. ''The sovereign was undoubtedly competent to remit penalties.'' --Macaulay.
Syn: To relax; release; abate; relinguish; forgive; pardon; absolve.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
remit
noun: (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) [syn: {remission}, {remitment}]
verb
1: send (money) in payment; "remit $25"
2: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: {postpone}, {prorogue}, {hold over}, {put over}, {table}, {shelve}, {set back}, {defer}, {put off}]
3: release from (claims, debts, or taxes); "The texes were remitted"
4: refer (a matter or legal case) to another committe or authority or court for decision [syn: {remand}, {send back}]
5: forgive; "God will remit their sins"
6: make slack as by lessening tension or firmness [syn: {slacken}]
7: diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted" [also: {remitting}, {remitted}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
remitted See {remit}
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "remitted": absolved, acquitted, blotted, canceled, condoned, discharged, disregarded, exculpated, excused, exonerated, expended, forgiven, forgotten, hired, indulged, liquidated, overlooked, paid, paid in full, pardoned, postpaid, prepaid, receipted, redeemed, reprieved, salaried, settled, shriven, spared, spent, unavenged, uncondemned, unresented, unrevenged, waged, wiped away
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