remit

IPA: rimˈɪt

(transitive) To transmit or send (e.g. money in payment); to supply.
(transitive) To forgive, pardon (a wrong, offence, etc.).
(transitive) To refrain from exacting or enforcing.
(transitive, obsolete) To give up; omit; cease doing.
(transitive) To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.).
(intransitive, obsolete) To show a lessening or abatement (of a specified quality).
(intransitive, obsolete) To diminish, abate.
(transitive) To refer (something or someone) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person).
(transitive, obsolete) To send back.
(transitive, archaic) To give or deliver up; surrender; resign.
(transitive) To restore or replace.
(transitive) To postpone.
(transitive, obsolete) To refer (someone to something), direct someone's attention to something.

Examples of "remit" in Sentences

Our remit is to catch crook and by and large we are left to get on with it.
Re TUPCs list of woes - another example of the response officers remit is everything.
The publishing remit is to publish the best creative writing by UK university students.
The Commission's remit is to assess what should be the goals of America's Human Space flight program.
I think we have a role as community leaders, and part of our remit is to intervene positively not just bang kids up.
Thomas -- whose remit is to promote public access to official information and protect personal data -- insisted the authors of the report, which he commissioned, were not scaremongering by painting a
Around that time the watch word was ‘core policing’ and there were attempts to get the Police to follow a certain remit, which did not include helping people locked out of their houses, stray dogs and other good will type jobs.
Agreed, Midland: as I’ve noted before, the ICC’s remit is to deal with situations where domestic jurisdiction is either unavailable or politically problematic, and ideally avoiding the “victors’ justice” often associated with war crimes trials.
Maximo Park's remit is F.U.N. And as for Greg's comments, yes Warp seem to be putting a lot of weight behind the marketing of Maximo Park, but surely if you judge music based on the amount of money spent on them and not on the quality of the songs then LIFE IS WORTHLESS?