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Verbs (15)
remit
v. send (money) in payment; "remit $25"
slacken
v. make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
release from
v. release from (claims, debts, or taxes); "The taxes were remitted"
get better, go into remission
v. diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted"
remand, send back
v. refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision
table, set back, put off, defer, hold over, postpone, shelve, put over
v. hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
Adverbs (0)
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Fuzzynyms (62)
reimburse
v. pay back for some expense incurred; "Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel?"
recoup, reimburse
v. reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
check, charge, consign
v. give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage"
release, free
v. make (information) available publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
release, turn
v. let (something) fall or spill a container; "turn the flour onto a plate"
relax, loosen, become loose, become looser
v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
slack, slow down, slacken, slow, slow up
v. become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
bend, flex
v. form a curve; "The stick does not bend"
decrease, lessen, make smaller, minify
v. make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
fall, decrease, diminish, lessen
v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
reduce, simplify
v. make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"
wane
v. become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"
ease, comfort
v. lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"
discharge, clear, acquit, assoil, exonerate, exculpate
v. pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
release, free
v. make (information) available publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
excuse, beg off
v. ask for permission to be released from an engagement
temporize
v. draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; "The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote"
lounge, loaf, lurk, mill about, mill around, tarry, linger, footle, loiter, lollygag, lallygag, be about, mess about, hang around
v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
stamp, pigeonhole, stereotype
v. treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"
Synonyms (5)
send, send out
v. to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place; "He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept"
hold, keep, maintain
v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"
Antonyms (0)
remit
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