remit
- Verb. To forgive, pardon.
- Verb. To give up, stop succumbing to (a negative emotion etc.).
- Verb. To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.).
- Verb. (obsolete) To show a lessening or abatement (of) a specified quality.
- Verb. (obsolete) To diminish, abate.
- Verb. To refer (something) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person).
- Verb. To postpone.
- Verb. To transmit or send, as money in payment.
- Noun. (chiefly, British) terms of reference; set of responsibilities.
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