remain vs remit

remain

verb
  • To await; to be left to. 

  • To continue in a state of being. 

  • To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last. 

  • To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised. 

  • To stay after others or other parts have been removed or otherwise disappeared. 

noun
  • That which is left; relic; remainder. 

  • That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body. 

  • Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works. 

remit

verb
  • To postpone. 

  • Rhymes: -ɪt 

  • Audio (UK) (file) 

  • To restore or replace. 

  • To refer (something or someone) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person). 

  • IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ɹɪˈmɪt/ 

  • To forgive, pardon (a wrong, offence, etc.). 

  • To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.). 

  • To transmit or send (e.g. money in payment); to supply. 

  • To refrain from exacting or enforcing. 

  • IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ɹiˈmɪt/, /ɹɪˈmɪt/ 

noun
  • A communication from a superior court to a subordinate court. 

  • IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈɹiːmɪt/, /ɹɪˈmɪt/ 

  • Audio (UK) (file) 

  • IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈɹimɪt/, /ɹiˈmɪt/, /ɹɪˈmɪt/ 

  • Rhymes: -ɪt 

  • Terms of reference; set of responsibilities; scope. 

How often have the words remain and remit occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )