Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them.
John xx. 23.
7. To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance
of an obligation. "The sovereign was undoubtedly competent to remit
penalties." Macaulay.
Syn. -- To relax; release; abate; relinguish; forgive; pardon; absolve.
Re*mit", v. i. 1. 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.