remitted

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The pardon cannot touch the guilt; but when the guilt is remitted, there is still the penalty.

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  1. transitive verb To transmit (money) in payment.
  2. transitive verb To refrain from exacting (a tax or penalty, for example); cancel.
  3. transitive verb To pardon; forgive: remitted their sins.

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  • There was some question about rents that had been remitted, and he went to the diary to see whether it backed up what the tenants said. —  The Benevent Treasure - Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver 26: 1953
  • These two parts comprised what Berlioz named “An Episode in the Life of an Artist.” Our composer managed to get the last six months of his Italian exile remitted, and his return to Paris was hastened by one of those furious paroxysms of rage to which such ill-regulated minds are subject. —  Great Italian and French Composers
  • Table 5 of the study shows how children's psychological status, as measured by the Children's Global Assessment Scale, progressed during the study as their mom's depression remitted or didn't. —  Furious Seasons
  • St. Thomas teaches the same: "After Baptism, continual prayer is necessary to man, in order that he may enter Heaven; for though by Baptism our sins are remitted, there still remain concupiscence to assail us from within, and the world and the devil to assail us from without." —  Latest Articles
  • Any such civil penalty may be remitted or mitigated by the Secretary. —  All Today's News - Sightline Daily
 

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