Synonyms for remit
rɪˈmɪtre·mit

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1. remitverb

   To pardon is to let pass, as a fault or sin, without resentment, blame, or punishment. Forgive has reference to feelings, pardon to consequences; hence, the executive may pardon, but has nothing to do officially with forgiving. Personal injury may be forgiven by the person wronged; thus, God at once forgives and pardons; the pardoned sinner is exempt from punishment; the forgiven sinner is restored to the divine favor. To pardon is the act of a superior, implying the right to punish; to forgive is the privilege of the humblest person who has been wronged or offended. In law, to remit the whole penalty is equivalent to pardoning the offender; but a part of a penalty may be remitted and the remainder inflicted, as where the penalty includes both fine and imprisonment. To condone is to put aside a recognized offense by some act which restores the offender to forfeited right or privilege, and is the act of a private individual, without legal formalities. To excuse is to overlook some slight offense, error, or breach of etiquette; pardon is often used by courtesy in nearly the same sense. A person may speak of excusing or forgiving himself, but not of pardoning himself. Compare ABSOLVE; PARDON, n.

   Synonyms:
   absolve, acquit, condone, excuse, forgive, overlook, pardon, pardon, pass by, pass over

   Antonyms:
   castigate, chasten, chastise, condemn, convict, correct, doom, punish, recompense, scourge, sentence, visit

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1. remit

   Synonyms:
   relax, pardon, absolve, forego, discontinue, surrender, forgive, resign

   Antonyms:
   increase, intensity, enforce, exact

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1. remitnoun

   the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with

   "they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life"

   Synonyms:
   remitment, remission

2. remission, remitment, remitverb

   (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)

   Synonyms:
   remittance, remission, subsidence, remitment, remission of sin, remittal, absolution

3. remitverb

   send (money) in payment

   "remit $25"

   Synonyms:
   table, shelve, put over, postpone, set back, put off, hold over, send back, slacken, prorogue, remand, defer

4. postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put offverb

   hold back to a later time

   "let's postpone the exam"

   Synonyms:
   put back, put over, elude, circumvent, set back, turn off, confuse, sidestep, dishearten, remand, give in, parry, dodge, bow, send back, tabulate, accede, flurry, prorogue, hedge, put off, evade, defer, tabularise, table, tabularize, carry over, postpone, duck, slacken, shelve, hold over, disconcert, knock back, get across, fudge, submit, skirt

5. remitverb

   release from (claims, debts, or taxes)

   "The taxes were remitted"

   Synonyms:
   table, shelve, put over, postpone, set back, put off, hold over, send back, slacken, prorogue, remand, defer

6. remit, remand, send backverb

   refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision

   Synonyms:
   defer, immure, lag, send back, hold over, remand, slacken, table, imprison, jug, put over, put behind bars, gaol, jail, incarcerate, prorogue, shelve, put off, put away, set back, postpone

7. remitverb

   forgive

   "God will remit their sins"

   Synonyms:
   table, shelve, put over, postpone, set back, put off, hold over, send back, slacken, prorogue, remand, defer

8. slacken, remitverb

   make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

   Synonyms:
   defer, shelve, slow down, send back, set back, hold over, slacken, table, remand, put over, slow, slack up, prorogue, relax, slack, put off, slow up, postpone

9. remitverb

   diminish or abate

   "The pain finally remitted"

   Synonyms:
   table, shelve, put over, postpone, set back, put off, hold over, send back, slacken, prorogue, remand, defer

Matched Categories

1. • Cancel
   • Decrease
   • Delay
   • Forgive
   • Loosen
   • Pay
   • Topic

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1. area of responsibility

   synonym for area of responsibility

   Submitted by rinat on August 12, 2019  

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1. remitverb

   Synonyms:
   return, restore, replace, send back

2. remitverb

   Synonyms:
   relax, diminish, abate, bate

3. remitverb

   Synonyms:
   forgive, pardon, absolve, excuse, overlook, pass over

4. remitverb

   Synonyms:
   resign, surrender, give up, deliver up

5. remitverb

   Synonyms:
   transmit, forward, send

6. remitverb

   Synonyms:
   slacken, abate, lessen, diminish, decrease, grow less

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1. List of paraphrases for "remit":

   competence, mandate, pay, jurisdiction, mission, task, responsibility

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1. Dietrich Murswiek:

   The ECB has stepped beyond its remit. The European court should forbid the ECB from doing this, you can draw parallels with quantitative easing. From my point of view, QE is also beyond its remit. This can also lead to legal action.

2. Simone Weil:

   And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.' To remit debts is to renounce our own personality. It means renouncing everything that goes to make up our ego, without any exception. It means knowing that in the ego there is nothing whatever, no psychological element, that external circumstances could not do away with. It means accepting that truth. It means being happy that things should be so.”

3. Robert Kahn:

   I would argue the Fund is being brought into cases where there are political elements, it takes the Fund well outside its remit and its expertise.

4. Michael Berumen:

   Our remit as Michael BerumenThe KAUST scientists is to say which options are on the table, the real dilemma comes later in the form of the ethical question : Should we use these technologies or not ?

5. Nelson Michael:

   I think if you give the public health community that remit, they will find a way, but the task will be very difficult.