remit

Meanings

1. To transmit or send (e.g. money in payment); to supply.
2. To forgive, pardon (a wrong, offence, etc.).
3. To refrain from exacting or enforcing; to cancel.
4. To give up; omit; cease doing.
5. To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.).
6. To show a lessening or abatement (of a specified quality).
7. To diminish, abate.
8. To refer (something or someone) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person).
9. To send back.
10. To give or deliver up; surrender; resign.
11. To restore or replace.
12. To postpone.

1. Terms of reference; set of responsibilities; scope.
2. A communication from a superior court to a subordinate court.

Etymology

From Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere (“to send, send back”). Compare Old French remettre, remetre, remitter.