n.
1.(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) remit v.
1.send (money) in payment
2.hold back to a later time
3.release from (claims, debts, or taxes)
4.refer (a matter or legal case) to another committe or authority or court for decision
5.forgive
6.make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
7.diminish or abate
Idiom of the Day
milk of human kindness
natural kindness and sympathy shown to others
The woman who volunteered at the hospital was full of the milk of human kindness.