1. (noun)remit the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with Synonyms: remitment, remission
2. (verb)remission, remitment, remit (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) Synonyms: remittance, remission, subsidence, remitment, remission of sin, remittal, remit, absolution
3. (verb)remit send (money) in payment Synonyms: table, shelve, put over, postpone, set back, put off, hold over, send back, slacken, prorogue, remand, defer
4. (verb)postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off hold back to a later time Synonyms: put back, put over, elude, circumvent, set back, turn off, confuse, sidestep, dishearten, remand, give in, remit, parry, dodge, bow, send back, tabulate, accede, flurry, prorogue, hedge, put off, evade, defer, tabularise, table, tabularize, carry over, postpone, duck, slacken, shelve, hold over, disconcert, knock back, get across, fudge, submit, skirt
5. (verb)remit release from (claims, debts, or taxes) Synonyms: table, shelve, put over, postpone, set back, put off, hold over, send back, slacken, prorogue, remand, defer
6. (verb)remit, remand, send back refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision Synonyms: defer, immure, lag, send back, hold over, remand, slacken, table, imprison, jug, put over, put behind bars, remit, gaol, jail, incarcerate, prorogue, shelve, put off, put away, set back, postpone
7. (verb)remit forgive Synonyms: table, shelve, put over, postpone, set back, put off, hold over, send back, slacken, prorogue, remand, defer
8. (verb)slacken, remit make slack as by lessening tension or firmness Synonyms: defer, shelve, slow down, send back, set back, hold over, remit, slacken, table, remand, put over, slow, slack up, prorogue, relax, slack, put off, slow up, postpone
9. (verb)remit diminish or abate Synonyms: table, shelve, put over, postpone, set back, put off, hold over, send back, slacken, prorogue, remand, defer
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'remit'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. remit To pardon is to let pass, as a fault or sin, without resentment, blame, or punishment. Forgive has reference to feelings, pardon to consequences; hence, the executive may pardon, but has noth Synonyms: pardon, absolve, condone, forgive, pass by, remit, acquit, excuse, overlook, pass over Antonyms: castigate, chastise, convict, doom, recompense, sentence, chasten, condemn, correct, punish, scourge, visit