remitとは

語源

From Middle English remitten, from Old French remettre, remetre, remitter, from Latin remittere ‎(“to send, send back”), present active infinitive of remittō.

発音

Verb

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈmɪt/, /ɹɪˈmɪt/

Noun

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːmɪt/, /ɹɪˈmɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹimɪt/, /ɹiˈmɪt/, /ɹɪˈmɪt/

動詞

remit ‎(三人称単数 現在形 remits, 現在分詞 remitting, 過去形および過去分詞形 remitted)

1. 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’.

2. To refrain from exacting or enforcing.

   to remit the performance of an obligation

   • Macaulay

     The sovereign was undoubtedly competent to remit penalties.

3. (transitive, obsolete, まれに) To give up; omit; cease doing.
4. To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.).
5. (obsolete) To show a lessening or abatement (of) a specified quality.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, 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.

6. (obsolete) To diminish, abate.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Book I, New York 2001, p. 139:

     Dotage, fatuity, or folly […] is for the most part intended or remitted in particular men, and thereupon some are wiser than others […].

7. To refer (something) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body または 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.

8. (obsolete) To send back.
9. (archaic) To give or deliver up; surrender; resign.
10. To restore or replace.
    • Hayward

      The archbishop was […] remitted to his liberty.

11. To postpone.
12. To transmit or send, as money in payment.
    • 2003: The Hindu, World Cup sponsors can remit money in forex: SC read at [1] on 14 May 2006

      The Supreme Court today allowed major sponsors, including LG Electronics India (LGEI), to remit foreign exchange for the tournament.

派生語

• remittance
• remitter
• unremitting (via remitting)

関連する語

• remission
• remittent

名詞

remit ‎(複数形 remits)

1. (chiefly Britain) terms of reference; set of responsibilities; scope.
   • 2000: Scientific Working Group on Good Laboratory Practice issues, Handbook: Good Laboratory Practice read on World Health Organisation website at [2] 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 [3] 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 [[4]] 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.

同意語

• responsibility

アナグラム

• merit
• miter
• mitre
• timer