Definition of Remit

Verb: remit (remitted,remitting) ri'mit

Send (money) in payment
"remit $25"
Hold back to a later time
"let's remit the exam";
- postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table [N. Amer], shelve, set back, defer, put off
Release from (claims, debts, or taxes)
"The taxes were remitted"
Refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision
- remand, send back
Forgive
"God will remit their sins"
Make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
- slacken
Diminish or abate
"The pain finally remitted"

Noun: remit ri'mit

The topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with
"they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life";
- responsibility, brief
(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
- remission, remitment