remitment

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English

Etymology

From remit +‎ -ment.

Noun

remitment (countable and uncountable, plural remitments)

  1. (archaic) The act of remitting; remission.
    • 1670, John Milton, The History of Britain, London: James Allestry, Book 2, p. 63:
      And Catus Decianus the Procurator endeavour’d to bring all thir goods within the compass of a new confiscation, by disavowing the remittment of Claudius.

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