English → Latin
“remit” in Latin
soleōto be accustomed, used to, in the habit ofexsolvōto unloose, release, free; to unbind, untie, undo; to renounce, abandon, relinquish, leave behindremittōto send back, to remit, to throw back, restore; to forgive, free one from any thing; to give up, reject, yield, resign,
The English word remit itself goes back to Latin mittō, through remittō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
remit
solvere, exsolvere: liberare aliqua re (to free from an obligation): remittere: condonare alicui aliquid: gratiam alicujus rei facere alicui (to remit the payment of money, a punishment, etc; gratiam facere, Sall., Cat., 52, 8; Jug., 104, 5. Liv., 3, 56, in.): ignoscere alicui rei or alicui aliquem rem; alicujus rei veniam dare (to pardon for a fault). To remit a debt to anybody, pecuniam creditam condonare or remittere; creditum condonare; debitum remittere alicui: to remit taxes, vectigalia omittere; tributa remittere: to remit a portion of the rent to anybody, aliquem parte mercedis relevare: to remit nine parts of a fine, detrahere multae partes novem: to remit a punishment, poenam remittere; multam condonare; delicti, criminis gratiam facere: to remit sins, peccata or delicta alicui ignoscere; peccata alicui concedere.
To send (money), (pecuniam) mittere alicui or ad aliquem.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for remit?
- The usual Latin words for “remit” are soleō, exsolvō, remittō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.