remit
verb
• cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment).
• "the excess of the sentence over 12 months was remitted"
• send (money) in payment or as a gift.
• "the income they remitted to their families"
• refer (a matter for decision) to an authority.
• "the request for an investigation was remitted to a special committee"
• diminish.
• "phobias may remit spontaneously without any treatment"
Similar:
diminish,
lessen,
decrease,
ease (up),
abate,
moderate,
dwindle,
wane,
ebb,
subside,
remit
noun
• the task or area of activity officially assigned to an individual or organization.
• "the committee was becoming caught up in issues that did not fall within its remit"
Similar:
area of responsibility,
area of activity,
sphere,
orbit,
scope,
ambit,
province,
territory,
realm,
department,
turf,
brief,
instructions,
orders,
bailiwick,
• an item referred to someone for consideration.
• "a remit on the question failed"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin remittere ‘send back, restore’, from re- ‘back’ + mittere ‘send’. The noun dates from the early 20th century.
