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remit
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of REMIT
1
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually <waited until the rain remitted a little and ran to the car>
Synonyms abate, decline, de-escalate, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down) also rachet (down), recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, wane
2
to dismiss as of little importance <the judge refused to remit the young man's cavalier disregard for his pile of unpaid speeding tickets and summarily revoked his driver's license>
Synonyms blink (at), brush (aside or off), condone, discount, disregard, forgive, gloss (over), gloze (over), ignore, overlook, overpass, paper over, pardon, pass over, remit, shrug off, whitewash, wink (at)
3
to assign to a later time <the legislature has remitted the matter to the next session, where it will most likely die in committee>
Synonyms defer, delay, hold off (on), hold over, hold up, lay over, put off, put over, remit, shelve
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