About The Word Remission
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Remission Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Remission?
[n] the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
[n] the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) [n] an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission" [n] a payment of money sent to a person in another place Synonyms | Synonyms for Remission: absolution | remission of sin | remit | remitment | remitment | remittal | remittal | remittal | remittance | subsidence Related Terms | Find terms related to Remission: See Also | abatement | hiatus | payment | penance | redemption | referral | reprieve | resolution | respite | salvation | suspension Remission In Webster's Dictionary \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.
2. Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a
claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression;
release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc.
This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed
for many for the remission of sins. --Matt. xxvi.
28.
That ples, therefore, . . . Will gain thee no
remission. --Milton.
3. Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.
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.
5. The act of sending back. [R.] --Stackhouse.
6. Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.
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