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remit

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5 lettersPronunciation /ɹɪˈmɪt/Part of speech noun, verbSorted eimrtStarts with REnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • Such a Step as this would raise a Succession of able Seamen, and in a few Years would come to remit a thousand, or perhaps two or three thousand sturdy Youths every Year into the general Class of English Seamen;
  • Doctor Strong refers to me in public as a promising young scholar. Mr. Dick is wild with joy, and my aunt remits me a guinea by the next post.
  • The Supreme Court today allowed major sponsors, including LG Electronics India (LGEI), to remit foreign exchange for the tournament.

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