remit

Remit is defined as to forgive or to send a payment.

(verb)

See remit in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to forgive or pardon (sins, offenses, etc.)
1. to refrain from exacting (a payment, tax, etc.)
2. to refrain from inflicting (a punishment) or enforcing (a sentence or fine); cancel
to let slacken; decrease: without remitting one's efforts
1. to submit or refer (a matter) for consideration, judgment, etc.
2. Law remand ()
to put back, as into a state or position
to put off; postpone
to send (money) in payment: please remit the full amount by the date shown
Obsolete to give up; surrender

Origin: ME remytten < L remittere (pp. remissus), to send back, in LL(Ec), to forgive sin < re-, back + mittere, to send: see mission

intransitive verb

1. to become more moderate in force or intensity
2. to have its symptoms lessen or disappear: said of a disease
to send money, as in payment; pay

noun

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See remit in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb re·mit·ted, re·mit·ting, re·mits

verb, transitive

To transmit (money) in payment.
a. To refrain from exacting (a tax or penalty, for example); cancel.
b. To pardon; forgive: remitted their sins.
To restore to a former condition or position.
Law
a. To refer (a case) to another court for further consideration or action.
b. To refer (a matter) to a committee or authority for decision.
To allow to slacken: The storm remitted its fury.
To desist from; give up.
To put off; postpone.