to send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.-to restore.-to transmit or send, esp. to a distance, as money in payment of a demand, account, draft, etc.; as, he remitted the amount by mail.-to send off or away; hence: (a) to refer or direct (one) for information, guidance, help, etc. "remitting them . . . to the works of galen." sir t. elyot. (b) to submit, refer, or leave (something) for judgment or decision.-to relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.-to forgive; to pardon; to remove.-to refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation.-to abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits.-to send money, as in payment.