| VERB | possession | remit | send (money) in payment |
|---|---|---|---|
| stative | remit, postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, put off | hold back to a later time | |
| communication | remit | release from (claims / claims, debts, or taxes) | |
| communication | remit, remand, send back | refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision | |
| communication | remit | forgive | |
| change | remit, slacken | make slack as by lessening tension or firmness | |
| change | remit | diminish or abate | |
| NOUN | cognition | remit | the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with |
| act | remit, remission, remitment | (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) |
| Sounds | riymih't | |
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| Rhymes | acquit ... writ: 187 rhymes with iht... | |
| Meaning | The topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with. | |
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| Example | "they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life" | |
| Region | Britain | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles |
| Broader | topic, subject, issue, matter | Some situation or event that is thought about |
| Meaning | (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court). | |
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| Synonyms | remission, remitment | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | referral | The act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency) |
| Verbs | remit | refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision |
| Meaning | Send (money) in payment. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Example | "remit $25" | |
| Entails | transfer | Cause to change ownership |
| Broader | pay | Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services |
| Spanish | enviar, remitir | |
| Catalan | enviar, remetre, trametre | |
| Nouns | remittance, remittal, remitment | a payment of money sent to a person in another place |
| Meaning | hold back to a later time. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, put off | |
| Entails | cancel, call off, scratch, scrub | postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled |
| reschedule | Assign a new time and place for an event | |
| Narrower | call | stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather |
| hold | stop dealing with | |
| probate | put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence | |
| reprieve, respite | postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution | |
| suspend | Render temporarily ineffective / ineffective / ineffective | |
| Broader | delay | Act later than planned, scheduled, or required |
| Spanish | aplazar, demorar, posponer, postergar, retrasar | |
| Catalan | ajornar, endarrerir, posposar | |
| Meaning | Release from (claims / claims, debts, or taxes). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The taxes were remitted" | |
| Broader | cancel, strike down | declare null and void |
| Spanish | descargar, desobligar, expedir, remitir | |
| Catalan | descarregar, desobligar | |
| Meaning | refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Synonyms | remand, send back | |
| Broader | challenge | issue a challenge to |
| Spanish | remitir | |
| Nouns | remission, remitment, remit | (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) |
| Meaning | forgive. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "God will remit their sins" | |
| Broader | forgive | stop blaming or grant forgiveness |
| Spanish | absolver, perdonar | |
| Meaning | make slack as by lessening tension or firmness. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | slacken | |
| Cause to | slacken | Become looser or slack |
| Narrower | douse, dowse | slacken |
| Broader | loosen, loose | make loose or looser |
| Spanish | aflojarse, aflojar, remitir | |
| Catalan | disminuir, reduir-se | |
| Meaning | diminish or abate. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The pain finally remitted" | |
| Broader | decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range |
| Spanish | disminuir, mejorar, remitir | |
| Catalan | millorar, remetre | |
| Adjectives | remittent | (of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity |
| Nouns | remission, remittal | an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) |
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