\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.
         In the case the law remits him to his ancient and
         more certain right.                   --Blackstone.
         In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be
         remitted to their prince.             --Hayward.
         The prisoner was remitted to the guard. --Dryden.
2. To restore. [Obs.]
         The archbishop was . . . remitted to his liberty.
                                               --Hayward.
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.
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.
5. To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.
         So willingly doth God remit his ire.  --Milton.
6. To forgive; to pardon; to remove.
         Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto
         them.                                 --John xx. 23.
7. To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the
   performance of an obligation. ``The sovereign was
   undoubtedly competent to remit penalties.'' --Macaulay.
Syn: To relax; release; abate; relinguish; forgive; pardon;
     absolve.

\Re*mit"\, v. i.
1. 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.
2. To send money, as in payment. --Addison.