to remit a punishment or debt

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• remit — re·mit /ri mit/ vb re·mit·ted, re·mit·ting [Latin remittere to let go back, send back, give up, forgive, from re back + mittere to let go, send] vt 1 a: to release from the guilt or penalty of b: to refrain from exacting remit a tax c …   Law dictionary

• remit — ► VERB (remitted, remitting) 1) cancel (a debt) or refrain from inflicting (a punishment). 2) send (money) in payment, especially by post. 3) refer (a matter for decision) to an authority. 4) Theology pardon (a sin). 5) archaic diminish …   English terms dictionary

• remit — To pay for purchases by cash, check, or electronic transfer. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. remit re‧mit 1 [rɪˈmɪt] verb remitted PTandPPX remitting PRESPARTX [transitive] …   Financial and business terms

• remit — re|mit1 [rıˈmıt] v past tense and past participle remitted present participle remitting formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: remittere to send back ] 1.) [I and T] to send a payment ▪ Please remit payment by cheque. 2.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• remit — 1 verb formal 1 (I, T) to send a payment by post: Please remit payment by cheque. 2 (T) to free someone from a debt or punishment compare unremitting remit sth to sb/sth phrasal verb (T) formal to send a proposal, plan, or problem back to someone …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• remit — verb rɪ mɪt (remits, remitting, remitted) 1》 refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment).     ↘Theology pardon (a sin). 2》 send (money) in payment, especially by post. 3》 refer (a matter for decision) to an authority.     ↘Law send …   English new terms dictionary

• remit — v. & n. v. (remitted, remitting) 1 tr. cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment etc.). 2 intr. & tr. abate or slacken; cease or cease from partly or entirely. 3 tr. send (money etc.) in payment. 4 tr. cause to be… …   Useful english dictionary

• The Sacrament of Penance —     The Sacrament of Penance     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Sacrament of Penance     Penance is a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest s absolution to… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Babylonian law — Archaeological material for the study of Babylonian law is singularly extensive. So called contracts exist in the thousands, including a great variety of deeds, conveyances, bonds, receipts, accounts, and most important of all, actual legal… …   Wikipedia

• Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …   Universalium

• Pardon — For the Breton religious festivals, see Pardon (ceremony). Clemency redirects here. For the town, see Clemency, Luxembourg …   Wikipedia