'Remission' definitions:

Definition of 'remission'

From: WordNet
noun
An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission" [syn: remission, remittal, subsidence]
noun
A payment of money sent to a person in another place [syn: remittance, remittal, remission, remitment]
noun
(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) [syn: remission, remitment, remit]
noun
The act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance [syn: absolution, remission, remittal, remission of sin]

Definition of 'Remission'

From: GCIDE
  • Remission \Re*mis"sion\ (r?-m?sh"?n), n. [F. r['e]mission, L. remissio. See Remit.]
  • 1. The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. --Matt. xxvi. 28. [1913 Webster]
  • That ples, therefore, . . . Will gain thee no remission. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Med.) A temporary and incomplete subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as destinguished from intermission, in which the disease completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. The act of sending back. [R.] --Stackhouse. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'remission'

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