REMIT

remit

Noun

  1. terms of reference; set of responsibilities.

Verb

  1. To forgive, pardon.
  2. To refrain from exacting or enforcing.
    to remit the performance of an obligation
  3. To give up, stop succumbing to (a negative emotion etc.).
  4. To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.).
  5. To show a lessening or abatement (of) a specified quality.
  6. To diminish, abate.
  7. To refer (something) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person).
  8. To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.
  9. To restore.
  10. To postpone.
  11. To transmit or send, as money in payment.


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