Remitment

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of remitting; remission. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "And Catus Decianus the Procurator endeavour’d to bring all thir goods within the compass of a new confiscation, by disavowing the remittment of Claudius."

  2. 2
    (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) wordnet
  3. 3
    a payment of money sent to a person in another place wordnet

Synonyms

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remissionremissionremitremittalremittanceremittance

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"And Catus Decianus the Procurator endeavour’d to bring all thir goods within the compass of a new confiscation, by disavowing the remittment of Claudius."

Etymology

From remit + -ment.

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