Remitted vs Refitted - What's the difference?
remitted | refitted |
(remit)
To forgive, pardon.
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 307:
To refrain from exacting or enforcing.
* Macaulay
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:
(obsolete) To diminish, abate.
*, Book I, New York 2001, p. 139:
To refer (something) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person).
* Blackstone
* Hayward
* Dryden
To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.
To restore.
* Hayward
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
(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:
* 2001: H. Meinardi et al, ILAE Commission, The treatment gap in epilepsy: the current situation and ways forward read at on 14 May 2006:
* 2003: Andy Macleod, Cisco Systems, Pulling it all together - the 21st Century Campus read at on 14 May 2006:
* 2012 , The Economist, Sep 29th 2012 issue,
As verbs the difference between remitted and refitted
is that remitted is past tense of remit while refitted is past tense of refit.remitted
English
Verb
(head)remit
English
Verb
(remitt)- 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 remit the performance of an obligation
- The sovereign was undoubtedly competent to remit penalties.
- 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.
- Dotage, fatuity, or follyis for the most part intended or remitted in particular men, and thereupon some are wiser than others […].
- In the case the law remits him to his ancient and more certain right.
- In grievous and inhuman crimes, offenders should be remitted to their prince.
- The prisoner was remitted to the guard.
- The archbishop wasremitted to his liberty.
- 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)- WHO/TDR should prepare a volume containing ... important issues in the performance of studies that fall outside of the GLP remit .
- However, this is beyond the remit of this particular article.
- Next steps ... Create one IS organisation and extend remit to all HE activities.
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 .