Synonyms and Antonyms of remit
1
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
- waited until the rain remitted a little and ran to the car
abate, de-escalate, decline, decrease, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down) also
rachet (down)
, recede, relent, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, wane
compress, condense, constrict, contract
evaporate, fade (away), fritter (away), give out, melt (away), peter (out), tail (off), vanish
slacken, slow (down)
alleviate, relax
flag, sink, weaken
cave (in), collapse, deflate
accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mount, mushroom, pick up, rise, snowball, soar, swell, wax
2
to dismiss as of little importance
- the judge refused to remit the young man's cavalier disregard for his pile of unpaid speeding tickets and summarily revoked his driver's license
blink (at), brush (aside or off), condone, discount, disregard, excuse, forgive, gloss (over), gloze (over), ignore, overlook, overpass, paper over, pardon, pass over, shrug off, whitewash, wink (at)
3
to assign to a later time
- the legislature has remitted the matter to the next session, where it will most likely die in committee
