'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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatement,
- abeyance,
- absolution,
- acquittal,
- acquittance,
- allayment,
- alleviation,
- amnesty,
- assuagement,
- attrition,
- blunting,
- break,
- caesura,
- calming,
- catabasis,
- cease-fire,
- clearance,
- clearing,
- collapse,
- compurgation,
- crash,
- curtailment,
- cut,
- cutting,
- damping,
- day off,
- deadening,
- deceleration,
- declension,
- decline,
- decline and fall,
- decrease,
- decrement,
- decrescendo,
- deliverance,
- demulsion,
- depletion,
- depreciation,
- derogation,
- destigmatization,
- destigmatizing,
- detraction,
- diminuendo,
- diminution,
- dip,
- discharge,
- disculpation,
- dismissal,
- disparagement,
- dive,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- drop,
- dulcification,
- dulling,
- dwindling,
- easing,
- ebb,
- ebbing,
- exculpation,
- excuse,
- exemption,
- exoneration,
- extraction,
- fall,
- falling-off,
- forgiveness,
- grace,
- hesitation,
- holiday,
- hushing,
- immunity,
- impairment,
- indemnity,
- indulgence,
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermittence,
- interruption,
- interval,
- lapse,
- layoff,
- leniency,
- lessening,
- letdown,
- letup,
- lightening,
- loosening,
- lull,
- lulling,
- mitigation,
- modulation,
- mollification,
- pacification,
- palliation,
- pardon,
- pause,
- plunge,
- purgation,
- purging,
- quietening,
- quieting,
- quietus,
- quittance,
- recess,
- redemption,
- reduction,
- relaxation,
- release,
- remission of sin,
- reprieve,
- respite,
- rest,
- retraction,
- retreat,
- retrenchment,
- shortening,
- shrift,
- shrinkage,
- slackening,
- slowdown,
- slump,
- softening,
- soothing,
- sparing,
- stand-down,
- stay,
- subduement,
- subsidence,
- suspension,
- tempering,
- tranquilization,
- truce,
- truncation,
- vacation,
- verdict of acquittal,
- vindication,
- wane