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remitted

Meanings
  • verb

    Given back, returned; paid or discharged, as a debt or obligation.

    - "After being in arrears for several months, the tenant finally remitted the overdue rent."
    - "The company remitted a large portion of its profits to shareholders."
  • verb

    Returned to a normal or healthy state.

    - "The patient's condition had deteriorated, but with proper care and treatment, he began to remit and eventually made a full recovery."
    - "The economy was in recession, but it started to remit and show signs of growth."
Rhymes
Words rhyming with remitted
committed , forgiven , given , liven , riven
Variants
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remit , remitment , remitments , remits , remittable , remitted , remitter , remitters , remitting , remit to , remits to , remitted to , remitting to
Etymology
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From Old French remettre ‘hand back, restore’, from re- ‘back’ + mettre ‘put’.

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  1. The word remitted comes from the Old French word remettre, which means 'hand back' or 'restore'.

  2. In the medical field, remission is often used to describe the absence of symptoms or signs of a disease for a period of time, even if the disease has not been completely cured.

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  1. forgiveness: Forgiveness is the act of pardoning someone for an offense or mistake. When someone is remitted, they have been given back something they previously had, such as their health or their freedom, and forgiveness is often a key component in this process.

  2. reimbursement: Reimbursement is the act of paying back an amount of money that was previously spent, often as a refund or a repayment of a debt. Remitted can refer to this process as well.

Quotes
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  1. I was brought in guilty and sentenced to die; but that the judges, having been made sensible of the hardship of my circumstances, had obtained leave to "remit" the sentence upon my consenting to be transported.

    - Daniel Defoe,{it}Moll Flanders{/it},1722

  2. And he was, therefore, as little surprised as a man could be, to find himself awakened at the small inn to which he had been "remitted" until morning, in the middle of the night.

    - Charles Dickens,{it}A Tale of Two Cities{/it},1859

  3. A patient who has mild flare-ups in the skin and joints twice a year may one day awaken with kidney failure or paralysis that, one month later, mysteriously "remits".

    - Elizabeth Rosenthal,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},19 Nov. 1989
Culture
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In literature, remitted is often used in the context of medical conditions or financial obligations. In art, there are several works that depict the idea of remission, such as a painting of a patient being released from the hospital.

How to Memorize "remitted"

  1. visualize

    - To memorize remitted, imagine a person handing something back or returning it to its original state. Visualize a debt being paid off or a patient recovering from an illness.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word remitted with the idea of giving back or returning something. Think of the word 'remuneration' and how it means 'payment given in return for work or services rendered.'.

  3. mnemonics

    - To help remember the meaning of remitted, use the mnemonic 'Remitted means given back, returned to its former state or given as payment.'

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