remise

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You partake of this pride when you come in your rubber-tired remise, and have the consolation of being part of the beautiful exclusiveness.

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  1. transitive verb To relinquish a claim to; surrender by deed.

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  • Je l'attens a la remise, as Me de Sevigne says, and there, after the multiplicity of his rounds and courses, I might expect to see him, if the number of princes, foreign and domestic, were not so great. —  George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life
  • Selon le journal américain, Obama aurait fait cette proposition dans une lettre remise en mains propres au président russe Dmitri Medvedev à —  A New Dark Age Is Dawning
  • Un haut responsable américain a confirmé la remise d'une lettre à l'agence Reuters: «La lettre avait trait à plusieurs sujets, dont la défense antimissile et la manière dont elle s'articule avec la menace iranienne». —  A New Dark Age Is Dawning
  • Plans de travail de cuisine en granite à prix d'usine jusqu'à 60\% de remise sur nos concurrents —  BONJOUR L'ESTONIE
  • Now I would be remise to not mention that there were indeed times when my choices led to my detriment which showed Satan†™ s influence in my life. —  Spiritual Tramp
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  1. Middle English remisen, from Old French remis, past participle of remettre, to remit, from Latin remittere; see remit.

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  1. from Old French remise, delivery, release, restoration, reference, remitting, etc., French remise, a delivery, release, allowance, delay, livery (voiture de remise, a livery-carriage); cf. Late Latin remissa, pardon, remission; from Latin remissa, feminine of remissus (later F. remis), past participle of remittere (later F. remettre), remit, release: see remit.
  2. from remise, n.
 

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