1. To pardon or forgive (the wife could not remit her husband’s infidelity).
2. To abate or slacken; to mitigate (the receipt of money damages remitted the embarrassment of being fired).
3. To refer (a matter for decision) to some authority, esp. to send back (a case) to a lower court (the appellate court remitted the case to the trial court for further factual determinations). See REMAND. [Cases: Administrative Law and Procedure 817; Appeal and Error 1106, 1178; Criminal Law 1181.5; Federal Courts 943.
1. C.J.S. Appeal and Error §§ 864–865, 945–946, 951–952; Public Administrative Law and Procedure§§ 254–255.]
4. To send or put back to a previous condition or position (a landlord’s breach of a lease does not justify the tenant’s refusal to pay rent; instead, the tenant is remitted to the right to recover damages).
5. To transmit (as money) (upon receiving the demand letter, she promptly remitted the amount due). — remissible (for senses 1–4), adj. — remittable (for sense 5), adj.
