remit
/ɹiˈmɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To refer (something or someone) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person).
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Such a Step as this would raise a Succession of able Seamen, and in a few Years would come to remit a thousand, or perhaps two or three thousand sturdy Youths every Year into the general Class of English Seamen;"
- "Doctor Strong refers to me in public as a promising young scholar. Mr. Dick is wild with joy, and my aunt remits me a guinea by the next post."
- "The Supreme Court today allowed major sponsors, including LG Electronics India (LGEI), to remit foreign exchange for the tournament."
- "Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal Remit thy other forfeits."
- "Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained."
- "Mrs. Western was a very good-natured Woman, and ordinarily of a forgiving Temper. She had lately remitted the Trespass of a Stage-coach Man, who had overturned her Post-chaise into a Ditch;"
Etymology
From Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere (“to send, send back”). Compare Old French remettre, remetre, remitter.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹiˈmɪt/
- British English: /ɹɪˈmɪt/