cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment)

the excess of the sentence over 12 months was remitted

send (money) in payment or as a gift

the income they remitted to their families

refer (a matter for decision) to an authority

the request for an investigation was remitted to a special committee

diminish

phobias may remit spontaneously without any treatment

the task or area of activity officially assigned to an individual or organization

the committee was becoming caught up in issues that did not fall within its remit

an item referred to someone for consideration

a remit on the question failed