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The Meaning of remit
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(v. t.) To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.
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(v. t.) To restore.
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(v. t.) To transmit or send, esp. to a distance, as money in payment of a demand, account, draft, etc.; as, he remitted the amount by mail.
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(v. t.) To send off or away; hence: (a) To refer or direct (one) for information, guidance, help, etc. \"Remitting them . . . to the works of Galen.\" Sir T. Elyot. (b) To submit, refer, or leave (something) for judgment or decision.
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(v. t.) To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.
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(v. t.) To forgive; to pardon; to remove.
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(v. t.) To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation.
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(v. i.) To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits.
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(v. i.) To send money, as in payment.
Rhymes
acquit
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admit
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armpit
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barritt
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befit
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bit
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boblitt
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brit
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britt
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bullshit
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burditt
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chit
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clampitt
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cockpit
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commit
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counterfeit
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dewitt
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dewitte
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douthit
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douthitt
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emit
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fit
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fitt
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flit
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fytte
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gillett
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goldschmidt
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grit
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hit
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hitt
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hypocrite
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identikit
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it
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it-wit
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kit
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knit
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lafitte
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legit
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lit
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litt
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mcnitt
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messerschmitt
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misfit
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mitt
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moonlit
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nit
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obit
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omit
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outfit
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outwit
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permit
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pit
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pitt
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plitt
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politte
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presplit
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pritt
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quit
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readmit
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recommit
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resubmit
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retrofit
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savitt
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schmidt
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schmit
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schmitt
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shit
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sit
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skit
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slit
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smit
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spit
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split
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stitt
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submit
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sunlit
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tidbit
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tit
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transmit
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tritt
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unfit
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vitt
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whit
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whitt
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wit
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witt
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witte
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writ