" remittable "

1: worthy of forgiveness;

  * e.g., " ... forgetting a doctor's appointment that was made months in advance is a remittable offense "

•  Synonyms : 

•  condonable,

•  excusable,

•  forgivable,

•  pardonable,

•  remissible,

•  venial

•  Antonyms : 

•  indefensible,

•  inexcusable,

•  mortal,

•  unforgivable,

•  unjustifiable,

•  unpardonable

1: to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually;

  * e.g., " ... waited until the rain remitted a little and ran to the car "

•  Synonyms : 

•  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),

•  recede,

•  relent,

•  shrink,

•  subside,

•  taper,

•  taper off,

•  wane

•  Antonyms : 

•  accumulate,

•  balloon,

•  build,

•  burgeon,

•  enlarge,

•  escalate,

•  expand,

•  grow,

•  increase,

•  intensify,

•  mount,

•  mushroom,

•  pick up,

•  rise,

•  snowball,

•  soar,

•  swell,

•  wax

2: to dismiss as of little importance;

  * e.g., " ... 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 "

•  Synonyms : 

•  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)

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to assign to a later time;

  * e.g., " ... the legislature has remitted the matter to the next session, where it will most likely die in committee "

•  Synonyms : 

•  defer,

•  delay,

•  hold off (on),

•  hold over,

•  hold up,

•  lay over,

•  postpone,

•  put off,

•  put over,

•  shelve

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)