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remit | give |

As verbs the difference between remit and give

is that remit is while give is (may take two objects) to move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

As a noun give is

(uncountable) the amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it.

remit

English

Verb

(remitt)
  • To forgive, pardon.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 307:
  • So he said that there was no sin to remit in baptism: ‘sin is not born with a man, it is subsequently committed by the man; for it is shown to be a fault, not of nature, but of the human will’.
  • To refrain from exacting or enforcing.
  • to remit the performance of an obligation
  • * Macaulay
  • The sovereign was undoubtedly competent to remit penalties.
  • To give up, stop succumbing to (a negative emotion etc.).
  • To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.).
  • (obsolete) To show a lessening or abatement (of) a specified quality.
  • *, New York 2001, p.132-3:
  • Great Alexander in the midst of all his prosperity […], when he saw one of his wounds bleed, remembered that he was but a man, and remitted of his pride.
  • (obsolete) To diminish, abate.
  • *, Book I, New York 2001, p. 139:
  • Dotage, fatuity, or follyis for the most part intended or remitted in particular men, and thereupon some are wiser than others […].
  • To refer (something) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person).
  • * Blackstone
  • In the case the law remits him to his ancient and more certain right.
  • * Hayward
  • In grievous and inhuman crimes, offenders should be remitted to their prince.
  • * Dryden
  • The prisoner was remitted to the guard.
  • To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.
  • To restore.
  • * Hayward
  • The archbishop wasremitted to his liberty.
  • To postpone.
  • To transmit or send, as money in payment.
  • * 2003:' The Hindu, ''World Cup sponsors can '''remit money in forex: SC read at [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/02/01/stories/2003020104090100.htm] on 14 May 2006
  • The Supreme Court today allowed major sponsors, including LG Electronics India (LGEI), to remit foreign exchange for the tournament.

    Derived terms

    * remitter * unremitting (via remitting)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, British) terms of reference; set of responsibilities.
  • * 2000: Scientific Working Group on Good Laboratory Practice issues, Handbook: Good Laboratory Practice read on World Health Organisation website at [http://www.who.int/tdr/publications/publications/pdf/glp-handbook.pdf] on 14 May 2006:
  • WHO/TDR should prepare a volume containing ... important issues in the performance of studies that fall outside of the GLP remit .
  • * 2001: H. Meinardi et al, ILAE Commission, The treatment gap in epilepsy: the current situation and ways forward read at on 14 May 2006:
  • However, this is beyond the remit of this particular article.
  • * 2003: Andy Macleod, Cisco Systems, Pulling it all together - the 21st Century Campus read at on 14 May 2006:
  • Next steps ... Create one IS organisation and extend remit to all HE activities.
  • * 2012 , The Economist, Sep 29th 2012 issue, Chile's economic statistics: For reacher - or poorer
  • [...] Chile needs to gather together its statisticians into a single agency, such as a new and improved INE, and give it more autonomy and a broader remit .

    Synonyms

    * responsibility

    Anagrams

    * * * * ----

    give

    English

    Verb

  • (may take two objects) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
  • # To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
  • # To make a present or gift of.
  • # To pledge.
  • # To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.
  • # To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in.
  • # To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).
  • #*
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, with something of the stately pose which Richter has given his Queen Louise on the stairway,
  • # To pass (something) into (someone's) hand or the like.
  • # To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.
  • #* 1699 , , Heads designed for an essay on conversations
  • Study gives' strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to '''give''' stiffness, the other suppleness: one ' gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
  • (may take two objects) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
  • To yield slightly when a force is applied.
  • *
  • To collapse under pressure or force.
  • To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
  • * 2003 , Iain Aitken, Value-Driven IT Management: Commercializing the IT Function , page 153
  • who did not have a culture in which 'giving good presentation' and successfully playing the internal political game was the way up.
  • * 2006 , Christopher Matthew Spencer The Ebay Entrepreneur , page 248
  • A friendly voice on the phone welcoming prospective new clients is a must. Don't underestimate the importance of giving good "phone".
  • To lead (onto or into).
  • To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
  • The number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.
  • To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
  • * Shakespeare
  • But there the duke was given to understand / That in a gondola were seen together / Lorenzo and his amorous Jessica.
  • To allow or admit by way of supposition.
  • * Milton
  • I give not heaven for lost.
  • To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
  • * Sheridan
  • I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a lover.
  • To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
  • (dated) To grant power or permission to; to allow.
  • * Rowe
  • It is given me once again to behold my friend.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine.
  • (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
  • The soldiers give themselves to plunder.
    That boy is given to fits of bad temper.
  • To become soft or moist.
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • To shed tears; to weep.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Whose eyes do never give / But through lust and laughter.
  • To have a misgiving.
  • * J. Webster
  • My mind gives ye're reserved / To rob poor market women.
  • To be going on, to be occurring
  • Synonyms

    * (transfer possession of) donate, pass, transfer * (bend slightly when a force is applied) bend, cede, flex, move, yield * (estimate or predict) estimate, guess, predict * (provide)

    Antonyms

    * (transfer possession of) get, obtain, receive, take * (bend slightly when a force is applied) not bend/cede/flex/give/move/yield, resist

    Derived terms

    See also'' given''', '''giver''' ''and'' ' giving * forgive * * give and take * give away * give away the store * give back * give birth * give forth * give head * give in * give it one's all * give it one's best shot * give it up for * given * give off * give one's all * give one's daughter away * give on to * give or take * give out * give over * give pause * give someone a break * give someone a chance * give someone a kiss * give someone grief * give someone the business * give someone the time of day * give something a miss * give something a shot * give something a try * give thanks * give to understand * give up * give way * it is better to give than to receive * something's got to give * what gives? * you only get what you give

    Noun

    (-)
  • (uncountable) The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it.
  • This chair doesn't have much give .