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  1. 1. v. t. To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To restore. Source: opted
  3. 3. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. 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. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. To forgive; to pardon; to remove. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. t. To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation. Source: opted
  8. 8. 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. Source: opted
  9. 9. v. i. To send money, as in payment. Source: opted
  10. 10. n. the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with Source: wordnet
  11. 11. n. (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) Source: wordnet
  12. 12. v. send (money) in payment Source: wordnet

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