REMIT in a Sentence

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For REMIT, below is one of 12 sentences:
It is impossible that I should not speak a word to you with regard to the deposit which you have so faithfully and honestly remitted.

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 Meanings and Examples of REMIT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
remit
 v.  transmit or send, especially as money in payment of a demand
 v.  reduce a period of time that someone must spend in prison
Classic Sentence:
1  wrote to his lawyer to dispose of the business in the way that seemed to him the most suitable, and remit the proceeds.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
2  Mr. Dick is wild with joy, and my aunt remits me a guinea by the next post.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18. A RETROSPECT
3  It is impossible that I should not speak a word to you with regard to the deposit which you have so faithfully and honestly remitted.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER I—THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN
4  As to remitting a letter with safety to her Majesty," said Aramis, coloring, "I will take that upon myself.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 47 THE COUNCIL OF THE MUSKETEERS
Example Sentence:
1  To forgive is not to forget, nor remit, but let it go; to be lonely is not because you have no friends, but no one is living in your heart.
2  In future, staff recruitment will fall within the remit of the division manager.
3  The group has been given a remit to examine ways of improving the local transport system.
4  That issue is not within the remit of the working group.
5  To forgive is not to forget, nor remit, but let it go; to be lonely is not becoz u have no friends, but no one is living in ur heart.
6  Such decisions are outside the remit of this committee.
7  He used to remit some money to his mother on first day every month.
8  The court remitted the matter to the agency for reconsideration.