Definition of REMISE

remise

Plural: remises

Noun

  • an expensive or high-class hackney
  • a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles
  • (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte)
  • A return or surrender of a claim, property etc.
  • A house for covered carriages; a chaise house.
  • A hired livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary fiacre; so called because kept in a remise.
  • A renewal of a failed action, without withdrawing the arm.
  • The repetition or return of the opening material later in a composition.

Verb

Verb Forms: remised, remising, remises

  • To give up a claim, right, or property.
  • To send or give back.
  • To surrender all interest in a property by executing a deed, to quitclaim.

Examples

  • My opponent had to REMISE their claim to a win after I played a seven-letter word.

Origin / Etymology

From Anglo-Norman remis, Middle French remis, past participle of remettre (“to remit”); Middle French remise (noun), from feminine past participle of remettre (“to remit”).

Synonyms

carriage house, coach house

Scrabble Score: 8

remise: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
remise: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
remise: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

remise: valid Words With Friends Word