remit

Meanings

• the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with
  • "they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life"
• (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
• send (money) in payment
  • "remit $25"
• hold back to a later time
• release from (claims, debts, or taxes)
  • "The taxes were remitted"
• refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision
• forgive
  • "God will remit their sins"
• make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
• diminish or abate
  • "The pain finally remitted"

Synonyms

defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remand, remission, remitment, send back, set back, shelve, slacken, table