Remit

rē-mit′, v.t. to relax: to pardon: to resign: to restore: to transmit, as money, .: to put again in custody: to transfer from one tribunal to another: to refer for information.— v.i. to abate in force or violence:— pr.p. remit′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. remit′ted. — n. ( law ) a communication from a superior court to one subordinate.— ns. Remit′ment , act of remitting; Remit′tal , a remitting: surrender; Remit′tance , that which is remitted: the sending of money, ., to a distance: also the sum or thing sent; Remittēē′ , the person to whom a remittance is sent.— adj. Remit′tent , increasing and remitting, or abating alternately, as a disease.— ns. Remit′ter , one who makes a remittance; Remit′tor ( law ), a remitting to a former right or title—( obs. ) Remit′ter . [O. Fr. remettre —L. remittĕre , remi um — re- , back, mittĕre , to send.]