Definition of 'remission'

Noun

1. an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"
      Synonyms: remittal subsidence
2. a payment of money sent to a person in another place
      Synonyms: remittance remittal remitment
3. (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
      Synonyms: remitment remit
4. the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
      Synonyms: absolution remittal remission of sin

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