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Remission

Remission Meaning & Definition
Remission Definition And Meaning

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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