[rɪˈmɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment)
(e.g: the excess of the sentence over 12 months was remitted)

- send (money) in payment or as a gift
(e.g: the income they remitted to their families)

- refer (a matter for decision) to an authority
(e.g: the request for an investigation was remitted to a special committee)

- diminish
(e.g: phobias may remit spontaneously without any treatment)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin remittere ‘send back, restore’, from re- ‘back’ + mittere ‘send’. The noun dates from the early 20th century

[rɪˈmɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the task or area of activity officially assigned to an individual or organization
(e.g: the committee was becoming caught up in issues that did not fall within its remit)

- an item referred to someone for consideration
(e.g: a remit on the question failed)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin remittere ‘send back, restore’, from re- ‘back’ + mittere ‘send’. The noun dates from the early 20th century