See remit in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To grant forgiveness to or for:
condone, excuse, forgive, pardon. Idiom: forgive and forget. See forgivenessTo become or cause to become less active or intense:
abate, bate, die (away, down, off, or out), ease (off or up), ebb, fall, fall off, lapse, let up, moderate, slacken, slack off, subside, wane. See increaseTo cease trying to accomplish or continue:
abandon, break off, desist, discontinue, give up, leave off, quit, relinquish, stop. (Informal) swear off. (Slang) lay off. Idioms: call it a day, call it quits, hang up one's fiddle, have done with, throw in the towel. See continueTo put off until a later time:
adjourn, defer1, delay, hold off, hold up, postpone, shelve, stay1, suspend, table, waive. (Informal) wait. Idiom: put on ice. See do
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