Dictionary entry details
• REMIT (noun)
Meaning:
(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
remit; remitment; remission
Hypernyms ("remit" is a kind of...):
referral (the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency))
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
• REMIT (verb)
Meaning:
Send (money) in payment
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
remit $25
Hypernyms (to "remit" is one way to...):
pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)
"Remit" entails doing...:
transfer (cause to change ownership)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Hold back to a later time
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
defer; shelve; set back; table; put off; prorogue; postpone; remit; put over; hold over
Context example:
let's postpone the exam
Hypernyms (to "remit" is one way to...):
delay (act later than planned, scheduled, or required)
"Remit" entails doing...:
reschedule (assign a new time and place for an event)
call off; cancel; scratch; scrub (postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "remit"):
call (stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather)
hold (stop dealing with)
suspend (render temporarily ineffective)
probate (put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence)
reprieve; respite (postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Release from (claims, debts, or taxes)
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
The taxes were remitted
Hypernyms (to "remit" is one way to...):
cancel; strike down (declare null and void; make ineffective)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
remand; send back; remit
Hypernyms (to "remit" is one way to...):
challenge (issue a challenge to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Forgive
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
God will remit their sins
Hypernyms (to "remit" is one way to...):
forgive (stop blaming or grant forgiveness)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
slacken; remit
Hypernyms (to "remit" is one way to...):
loose; loosen (make loose or looser)
Cause:
slacken (become looser or slack)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "remit"):
douse; dowse (slacken)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Diminish or abate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
The pain finally remitted
Hypernyms (to "remit" is one way to...):
decrease; diminish; fall; lessen (decrease in size, extent, or range)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
