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forward
In or toward the future:
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  1. In or toward the future:
  2. In the prescribed direction or sequence for normal use:
  3. Toward or tending to the front; frontward:
dispatch
To put an end to; kill
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  1. To put an end to; kill
  2. To put to death summarily.
  3. To finish quickly or promptly
absolve
To pronounce clear of guilt or blame.
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  1. To pronounce clear of guilt or blame.
  2. To free from guilt or suspicion; for example, when evidence proves that a suspect is innocent of a crime.
  3. To give religious absolution to
exonerate
To free from a charge or the imputation of guilt; declare or prove blameless; exculpate
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  1. To free from a charge or the imputation of guilt; declare or prove blameless; exculpate
  2. To relieve of (a duty, obligation, etc.)
  3. To clear of guilt or responsibility, particularly to establish the innocence of a prisoner on death row. See also exculpate. To clear of guilt or responsibility, particularly to establish the innocence of a prisoner on death row. See also exculpate.
release
To cause or allow to move away or spread from a source or place of confinement:
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  1. To cause or allow to move away or spread from a source or place of confinement:
  2. To set free from physical restraint or binding; let go:
  3. To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
condone
To overlook, forgive, or disregard (an offense) without protest or censure.
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  1. To overlook, forgive, or disregard (an offense) without protest or censure.
  2. To forgive, pardon, or overlook (an offense)
excuse
To serve as justification for:
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  1. To serve as justification for:
  2. To give permission to leave; release:
  3. To grant pardon to; forgive:
forgive
To grant forgiveness.
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  1. To grant forgiveness.
  2. To relent in being angry or in wishing to exact punishment for (an offense or fault).
  3. To give up resentment against or the desire to punish; stop being angry with; pardon
pardon
To release (a person) from further punishment for a crime
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  1. To release (a person) from further punishment for a crime
  2. To cancel or not exact penalty for (an offense); forgive
  3. To allow (an offense or fault) to pass without punishment or disfavor.
abate
To become reduced for a period of time.
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  1. To become reduced for a period of time.
  2. To become less in amount, degree, force, etc.; diminish
  3. To fall off in degree or intensity; subside:
bate
To lessen the force or intensity of; moderate:
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  1. To lessen the force or intensity of; moderate:
  2. (Nonstandard) simple past tense of beat; = beat.
  3. (Sometimes figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.
down
To a lower volume of sound
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  1. To a lower volume of sound
  2. In or to a place thought of as lower or below; often, specif., southward
  3. Into a low or prostrate physical condition
off
So as to be completely removed, finished, or eliminated:
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  1. So as to be completely removed, finished, or eliminated:
  2. Away from one's work or usual activity
  3. So as to be no longer in operation, function, continuance, etc.
ease
To move or maneuver slowly and carefully:
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  1. To move or maneuver slowly and carefully:
  2. To lessen, as in discomfort, pressure, or stress:
  3. To move or proceed with little effort:
ebb
To weaken or lessen; decline
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  1. To weaken or lessen; decline
  2. To fall back from the flood stage.
fall
(--- Theology) To lose primordial innocence and happiness. Used of humanity as a result of the Fall.
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  1. (--- Theology) To lose primordial innocence and happiness. Used of humanity as a result of the Fall.
  2. To pass into a particular state, condition, or situation:
  3. To come forth as if by falling; issue:
fall off
(Intransitive) To diminish in size, value etc.
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  1. (Intransitive) To diminish in size, value etc.
  2. (Nautical) To change the direction of the sail so as to point in a direction that is more down wind; to bring the bow leeward.
  3. (Intransitive) To become detached or to drop from.
lapse
To slip or fall; esp., to slip into a specified state
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  1. To slip or fall; esp., to slip into a specified state
  2. To fall from a previous level or standard, as of accomplishment, quality, or conduct:
  3. To slip or deviate from a higher standard or fall into (former) erroneous ways; backslide
let up
(Intransitive, of something intense) to lessen
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  1. (Intransitive, of something intense) to lessen
moderate
To serve as a moderator
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  1. To serve as a moderator
  2. To cause to be less extreme, intense, or violent.
  3. To become moderate
slacken
To reduce the intensity or severity of; retard; abate; moderate
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  1. To reduce the intensity or severity of; retard; abate; moderate
  2. To become less tense; loosen, as rope
  3. (Intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.
slack off
To be unproductive; to not perform one's duties.
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  1. To be unproductive; to not perform one's duties.
subside
To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
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  1. To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
  2. To sit down slowly; settle down:
  3. To sink or fall to the bottom; settle, as sediment
wane
To decline in power, importance, prosperity, influence, etc.
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  1. To decline in power, importance, prosperity, influence, etc.
  2. To decrease gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity:
  3. To become less intense, bright, strong, etc.; grow dim or faint, as a light
abandon
To leave, as in danger or out of necessity; forsake; desert
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  1. To leave, as in danger or out of necessity; forsake; desert
  2. To intentionally give up for all time an assertion or a claim of an interest in property or in a right or privilege.
  3. To give up (something) completely or forever
break off
To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently.
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  1. To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently.
  2. To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping
desist
To cease doing something.
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  1. To cease doing something.
  2. (Intransitive) To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.
  3. To cease (from an action); stop; abstain
discontinue
To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon:
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  1. To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon:
  2. To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying something.
  3. To stop using, doing, etc.; cease; give up
leave off
(Intransitive)
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  1. (Intransitive)
  2. (Idiomatic) to omit
  3. (Informal) To desist; to cease.
quit
To cease or discontinue:
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  1. To cease or discontinue:
  2. To give up or stop trying, as in discouragement
  3. To stop, discontinue, or resign from
relinquish
To give up; abandon (a plan, policy, etc.)
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  1. To give up; abandon (a plan, policy, etc.)
  2. To give up or abandon (control of something or a claim, for example).
  3. To let go (a grasp, hold, etc.)
stop
To be able to go no further; come to an end
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  1. To be able to go no further; come to an end
  2. To interrupt one's course or journey for a brief visit or stay. Often used with by, in, or off:
  3. To prevent the flow or passage of:
swear off
(Idiomatic) To quit or cease completely, or to promise to quit, as of a bad habit.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To quit or cease completely, or to promise to quit, as of a bad habit.
adjourn
To briefly delay, suspend, or postpone a court proceeding. See also continuance. To briefly delay, suspend, or postpone a court proceeding. See also continuance.
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  1. To briefly delay, suspend, or postpone a court proceeding. See also continuance. To briefly delay, suspend, or postpone a court proceeding. See also continuance.
  2. To put off or suspend until a future time
  3. To move from one place to another:
defer
To give in to the wish or judgment of another, as in showing respect; yield with courtesy (to)
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  1. To give in to the wish or judgment of another, as in showing respect; yield with courtesy (to)
  2. To postpone the induction of (one eligible for the military draft).
  3. To put off to a future time; postpone; delay
delay
To act or move slowly; put off an action or a decision.
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  1. To act or move slowly; put off an action or a decision.
  2. To put off to a future time; postpone
  3. To stop for a while; linger
hold off
(Idiomatic) To delay someone or something temporarily; to keep at bay.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To delay someone or something temporarily; to keep at bay.
  2. (Idiomatic, intransitive) To delay commencing an action (until some specified time or event has passed).
postpone
(Gram.) To put at or near the end of the sentence
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  1. (Gram.) To put at or near the end of the sentence
  2. To delay or put off an event, appointment etc.
  3. To cause or arrange for (an event) to take place at a time later than the time at which it was originally supposed to happen.
shelve
To put on a shelf or shelves
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  1. To put on a shelf or shelves
  2. To furnish or outfit with shelves.
  3. To put aside as though on a shelf:
stay
To continue to be in a place or condition:
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  1. To continue to be in a place or condition:
  2. To pause; tarry; wait; delay
  3. To suspend by legal order the implementation of (a planned action), especially pending further proceedings:
suspend
(Music) To hold or prolong (a note or notes) in suspension.
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  1. (Music) To hold or prolong (a note or notes) in suspension.
  2. To cause to cease or become inoperative for a time; stop temporarily
  3. To stop temporarily
table
To postpone consideration of (a piece of legislation, for example); shelve.
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  1. To postpone consideration of (a piece of legislation, for example); shelve.
  2. To put on a table
  3. To enter in a list or table; tabulate.
waive
(Now rare) To put aside, avoid.
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  1. (Now rare) To put aside, avoid.
  2. (Law) To forgo or relinquish voluntarily (a right, privilege, claim, etc. which one is legally entitled to enforce)
  3. To voluntarily give up, abandon, or surrender a right, privilege or claim. Usually, a right may only be waived if the person so doing has full knowledge of what the consequences might be.
wait
To serve food at a meal
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  1. To serve food at a meal
  2. To be a waiter or waitress at:
  3. To remain or stay in expectation of; await:
Find another word for remit. In this page you can discover 65 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for remit, like: make payment, forward, dispatch, absolve, exonerate, release, pay, send, forgive, pardon and condone.

Sentence Examples

  • While mainly occupied in those years with philosophical studies, Mill did not remit his interest in current politics.

  • It cannot remit the divine punishment for sin; that also is in the hands of God alone.

  • The Code enacted that if the landlord would re-enter before the term was up, he must remit a fair proportion of the rent.

  • An Indulgence is and can only be the remission of a merely ecclesiastical penalty; the church can remit what the church has imposed; it cannot remit what God has imposed.

  • The governor is commander-in-chief of the militia when it is not called into the service of the United States; he may remit fines and forfeitures, commute sentences, and grant reprieves and pardons, except in cases of impeachment; and he calls extraordinary sessions of the legislature.

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