v. 1
To transmit or send (e.g. money in payment); to supply.
The Supreme Court today allowed major sponsors, including LG Electronics India (LGEI), to remit foreign exchange for the tournament.
v. 2
To forgive, pardon (a wrong, offense, etc.).
v. 3
To refrain from exacting or enforcing; to cancel.
to remit the performance of an obligation
n. 1
Terms of reference; set of responsibilities; scope.
However, this is beyond the remit of this particular article.

Related words

Word family: remitment remittal remittance remission remittent

Forms

Plural: remits → remissions, remitments, purviews, responsibilities…
Past participle: remitted
e.g. remitted → postponed, deferred, shelved, canceled…

Choose the right word

Remit, Pardoning or Remitted?

In law, to remit the whole penalty is equivalent to pardoning the offender; but a part of a penalty may be remitted and the remainder inflicted, as where the penalty includes both fine and imprisonment.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

table I want some beautiful flowers to put on the table.
cancel Circumstances forced us to cancel our appointment.
defer I defer to no one in my admiration for these heroes.
absolve This will never absolve Sami of the crime.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
remit		steady
table		steady
cancel		steady
defer		steady
unbend		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: send¹, bate¹
5 letters: table², loose¹, brief¹, relax², defer², abate²
6 letters: return², excuse², cancel², pardon², lessen², remand², acquit², shelve¹, unbend²
7 letters: release², forward², forgive², restore², purview², absolve², slacken², unbrace
8 letters: decrease², transmit², postpone², diminish³, mitigate³, prorogue
9 letters: discharge², alleviate⁴, remission³, exculpate³, remitment
12 letters: jurisdiction⁴
14 letters: responsibility⁶

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (table² = 2 syllables).