What is "remitting"

Remit \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:

   1. To refer or direct (one) for information, guidance, help, etc. ``Remitting them . . . to the works of Galen.''
      --Sir T. Elyot.

   2. 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.

vb. (present participle of remit English)

1. n. (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) [syn: remission, remitment]

2. [also: remitting, remitted]

1. v. send (money) in payment; "remit $25"

2. hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, put off]

3. release from (claims, debts, or taxes); "The texes were remitted"

4. refer (a matter or legal case) to another committe or authority or court for decision [syn: remand, send back]

5. forgive; "God will remit their sins"

6. make slack as by lessening tension or firmness [syn: slacken]

7. diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted"

8. [also: remitting, remitted]

See remit