Re*mit" (r?-m?t"), v. t. [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.
Re*mit", v. i. 1.
To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become
moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity
of the weather remits.
2. To send money, as in payment.
Addison.