/rɪˈmɪt/
(remitted, remitting)with obj.
1
- 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。
1.1
- Theology pardon (a sin)【神学】赦（罪）。
2
- 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部分。
3
- 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。
3.1
- Law send back (a case) to a lower court【律】将（案件）发回下级法院重审。
3.2
- 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）。
3.3
- 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。
4
- 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。
4.1
- 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。
/ˈriːmɪt/
1
- 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。
2
- an item referred to someone for consideration提交审议的事项。
派生词
remittable
adjectiveremittal
nounremitter
noun词源
late Middle English: from Latin remittere 'send back, restore', from re- 'back' + mittere 'send'. The noun dates from the early 20th cent.