remits

Meanings

Noun

• the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with
• (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
• plural of remit

Verb

• send (money) in payment
• hold back to a later time
• release from (claims, debts, or taxes)
• refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision
• forgive
• make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
• diminish or abate

Synonyms

defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remand, remission, remit, remitment, send back, set back, shelve, slacken, table