Definition of "remits" [remits]

• Plural form of remit. (noun)

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• "After all the time and effort the Government has spent on reforming the structure of children's services, we have ended up with a huge Leviathan of regulation and remits which is now underperforming."
• "The decree from the Vatican's Congregation for Bishops said Benedict "remits" the automatic excommunication that the four bishops incurred and said the 1988 decree declaring their consecrations a schismatic act had no legal standing any longer."
• "Today a homeowner agrees to pay the taxes he owes to the holder of his mortgage, who remits them to the government."