remission
NounUS[ree-mish-uhn]/riˈmɪʃən/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (4)
- an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)“his cancer is in remission”Synonyms: remittalsubsidenceType of suspension, respiteKinds resolution
- a payment of money sent to a person in another placeSynonyms: remittanceremittalremitmentType of payment
- (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)Synonyms: remitmentremitType of referral
- the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penanceSynonyms: absolutionremittalremission of sinType of redemption, salvationKinds indulgencePart of penance
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Re·mis′sion (r?-m?sh′?n), noun
Origin: F. rémission, 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.— John Milton
3. Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.
4. Medicine 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. rare Thomas Stackhouse
6. Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54