Meaning & use

remitted

verb·Advanced

Sent money as a payment, or, of a disease or condition, became temporarily less severe.

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The tenant remitted the overdue rent along with a short note of apology.

Her symptoms remitted for nearly two years before the illness returned.

A note on using this word

In medicine, remitted describes a disease that has eased, not necessarily one that is fully cured.

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