Definition of: remit

(ri·mit′) v. ·mit·ted, ·mit·ting v.t.
1. To send, as money in payment for goods; transmit.
2. To refrain from exacting or inflicting, as a penalty.
3. To pardon; forgive, as a sin or crime.
4. To abate; relax, as vigilance.
5. To restore; replace.
6. To put off; postpone.
7. To refer or submit for judgment, settlement, etc., as to one in authority.
8. Law To refer (a legal proceeding) to a lower court for further consideration.
9. Rare To send back, as to prison.
10. Obs. To resign; renounce.
11. Obs. To free; release.
—v.i.
12. To send money, as in payment.
13. To diminish; abate.
—noun The act of remitting; specifically, the sending of a legal cause from one tribunal to another. [<L remittere send back <re- back + mittere send]
—re·mit′ta·ble adjective
—re·mit′ter or re·mit′tor noun