remits

Forwards money owed

Remits functions as both verb and noun.

To remit is to send payment: Please remit the balance within thirty days.

It also means to cancel or refrain from exacting: a governor may remit a prisoner's sentence.

Pain or symptoms that remit diminish or subside.

As a noun, a remit is a scope of responsibility or authority, chiefly British: That falls outside our remit.

payment

sends

Causes to go elsewhere

wires · pays · settles · reimburses · refunds · deposits · contributes · dues · fees · invoice

forgiveness

pardons

Official forgiveness of crimes

cancels · waives · releases · suspends · commutes · lessens · reduces · relaxes · mitigates · abates

scope

jurisdiction

Legal authority's scope

domain · responsibility · brief · sphere · range · boundaries · parameters · limitations · oversight · governance

defers

refers

Directs attention toward

submits · assigns · sends back · returns · postpones · entrusts · consigns · tribunal · court · committee

Opposites
payment/money transfer

remitsreceives

Takes into possession

collects · withholds · retains · keeps · accepts

debt/obligation forgiveness

remitsimposes

Forces acceptance of

increases · enforces · levies · inflicts · exacts

intensity/severity (of punishment, fever, etc.)

remitsintensifies

Increases in strength

worsens · escalates · increases · heightens · aggravates

Phrases
Family

remit, remission, unremitting, remittance, remitted, remitting, remitters

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