remitted

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remitted - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Remit \Re*mit"\ (r?-m?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remitted; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Remitting.] [L. remittere, remissum, to send
     back, to slacken, relax; pref. re- re- + mittere to send. See
     Mission, and cf. Remise, Remiss.]
     1. To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.
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              In the case the law remits him to his ancient and
              more certain right.                   --Blackstone.
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              In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be
              remitted to their prince.             --Hayward.
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              The prisoner was remitted to the guard. --Dryden.
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     2. To restore. [Obs.]
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              The archbishop was . . . remitted to his liberty.
                                                    --Hayward.
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     3. (Com.) 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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     4. 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. "Whether the counsel be good I remit it to
            the wise readers." --Sir T. Elyot.
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     5. To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.
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              So willingly doth God remit his ire.  --Milton.
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     6. To forgive; to pardon; to remove.
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              Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto
              them.                                 --John xx. 23.
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     7. To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the
        performance of an obligation. "The sovereign was
        undoubtedly competent to remit penalties." --Macaulay.
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     Syn: To relax; release; abate; relinguish; forgive; pardon;
          absolve.
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remitted - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "remitted":
     absolved, acquitted, blotted, canceled, condoned, discharged,
     disregarded, exculpated, excused, exonerated, expended, forgiven,
     forgotten, hired, indulged, liquidated, overlooked, paid,
     paid in full, pardoned, postpaid, prepaid, receipted, redeemed,
     reprieved, salaried, settled, shriven, spared, spent, unavenged,
     uncondemned, unresented, unrevenged, waged, wiped away