remit

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

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