remitted

[ ri-mit-id ]

/ rɪˈmɪt ɪd /

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adjective

(of money) having been sent or transmitted to a person or place, usually as payment:Any remitted money must be in U.S. currency.

(of a debt, offense, etc.) having been forgiven or pardoned:Our envoys shall not have the right to extort payment of remitted fines from those destitute persons whom the emperor has forgiven.

Law. (of a hearing or other legal proceeding) having been put off or deferred, or having been sent back to a lower court for reconsideration:The judge undertaking the remitted welfare hearing will clearly expect the freedom to independently consider all the evidence and make her own findings about it.

Medicine/Medical. (of a patient or a disease) having had the symptoms decrease or subside; in remission: Our study indicates that without continuous active treatment, virtually all remitted patients relapsed within 6 months.Few studies have focused on cognitive deficits in a remitted state of major depressive disorder.

Physics. (of light) reflected or scattered back, rather than transmitted through a material:An optical fiber delivers light to the tissue region of interest, and a second optical fiber collects the remitted photons.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of remit.

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Origin of remitted

remit + -ed²

Words nearby remitted

remit, remitt., remittal, remittance, remittance man, remitted, remittee, remittent, remitter, remix, remnant

How to use remitted in a sentence

A lot of these gadgets are built for specific tasks, like gaming or digital artwork, but they can often prove useful in a variety of ways that go beyond their original remit, too.
How to completely customize the way you control Windows|David Nield|January 15, 2021|Popular-Science
Figuring out new ways to continue the growth of hard seltzer is part of the remit for Lana Buchanan, vp of beyond beer at Anheuser-Busch.
‘Help create experiences’: Anheuser-Busch vp of beyond beer on finding new ways to grow brands|Kristina Monllos|December 23, 2020|Digiday
As president and managing director, his stated remit was to grow The Economist’s global readership and open up new commercial opportunities in North America.
‘Retention has been one of our best stories of the year’: Bob Cohn on steering The Economist through crisis|Lara O'Reilly|October 20, 2020|Digiday
In 2011, it remitted more than $75 billion to the Treasury on some $77.4 billion it made in profit.
How the Fed Has Earned $80 Billion in Profits in Fiscal 2012|Matthew Zeitlin|September 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Instead, however, of one or two, it was many years before the full sentence was remitted.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment|Silvio Pellico
On this explanation the Central Authority (whilst upholding the auditor's decision in point of law) remitted the surcharge.
English Poor Law Policy|Sidney Webb
He was remitted to Bedlam, and became an awful warning that God will not always be insulted with impunity.
Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe
No less than three letters were written to Humphreys; money was remitted; but all hopes of defence were futile.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2|Egerton Ryerson
Their coming seems to have been acceptable, for the Assembly upon petition remitted to them the importation tax.
A short history of Rhode Island|George Washington Greene

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