remit

remit
(remitted, remitting)
[with obj.]

cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment)
免除（债务，处罚）
the excess of the sentence over 12 months was remitted.
超过12个月以上的刑期被赦免。
■(Theology)pardon (a sin)
(神学)赦（罪）
send (money) in payment or as a gift
汇（款）
the income they remitted to their families.
他们汇给家里的收入。
refer (a matter for decision) to some authority
将（有待决定的事务）提交
the request for an investigation was remitted to a special committee.
调查申请被提交给一个特别委员会。
■(Law)send back (a case) to a lower court
(律)将（案件）发回下级法院重审
■(Law)send (someone) from one tribunal to another for a trial or hearing
(律)将（某人）转到另一法院审判（或听证）
■(archaic)consign again to a previous state
(古)使恢复原状
thus his indiscretion remitted him to the nature of an ordinary person.
这样他的轻率使他重新成为一个普通人。
(rare)postpone
(罕)推迟
the movers refused Mr Tierney's request to remit the motion.
提议者们拒绝了蒂尔尼先生关于推迟动议的请求。
■[no obj.](archaic)diminish
(古)减少，减弱
phobias may remit spontaneously without any treatment.
恐惧症有可能不治疗就自然而然地减轻。

noun

the task or area of activity officially assigned to an individual or organization
委托权限；职权范围
the committee was becoming caught up in issues that did not fall within its remit.
委员会渐渐陷入职权范围之外的争议。
an item referred to someone for consideration
提交审议的事项

派生
remittable
adjective
remittal
noun
remitter
noun
语源

late Middle English: from Latin remittere 'send back, restore', from re- 'back' + mittere 'send'. The noun dates from the early 20th cent

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