Remit

re-mit', v. To send back, refer; to give up, sur- render, resign; to relax in intensity; to retrain from exacting or enforcing, abate; to forgive; to transmit or send, esp. to a distance (money, etc.) — To abate in force or in violence to grow le intense, become moderated. [L. remittere, -mi ion, to send back, slacken, abate; mittere, to send.]— Remit'ment. Act of remitting state of being remitted. — Remit'tal. n. A remitting a giving up surrender. — Remit'tance, -tans, n. (Coin.) Act of transmitting (monev, etc.), esp. to a distant place the sum or thing remitted. — Remit'tent, a. Having remi ions from time to time, as a disease. Remit'ter, n. One who remits or makes remittance. {Law.) The sending or placing back of a person to a title or right he had before. — Remit'tor, -t6r, n. {Lmo.) One who makes a remittance. — Remise', -niiz', v. [-mised (-mizd'), -mising.] To release a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed. — Remi ', -mis', a. Not energetic or exact in duty or busine ; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements lacking earnestne or activity languid slack dilatory negligent inattentive heedle thoughtle . — Remis's ible, -sT-bl, a. Capable of being remitted or i or given. — Remis's ion, -mish'un, n. Act of remitting, surrendering, or giving up esp., discharge from that which due relinquisnment of a claim, right, or obligation pardon forgivene : release. {Med.) A temporary subsidence — of the fo ce or violence of a disease or of pain.