remitten
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin remittō, remittere.[1][2]
Verb
[edit]remitten
- (transitive) to give up, relinquish (something)
- (transitive) to remit, forgive (a debt or other obligation)
- (transitive) to forgive, pardon (a sin or offense)
- (transitive) to release (someone) from some obligation, to discharge
- (transitive) to control, moderate (strong emotion)
- (intransitive, with of) (of a quality) to be diminished
- (transitive) to refer (someone) to a source of information (e.g. a person or book)
- (transitive) to send (someone) back to prison
- (transitive) to refer (something) for consideration (typically by an authority)
- (transitive, law) to restore (someone) to a title
Descendants
[edit]- English: remit
References
[edit]- ^ “remit, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “remitten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.