Definition of remission

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Definition of remission

  • a payment of money sent to a person in another place (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. remitment
    2. remittal
    3. remittance
  • the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. absolution
    2. remission of sin
    3. remittal
  • (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. remit
    2. remitment
  • an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) (noun)

    Examples

    1. his cancer is in remission

    Synonyms

    1. remittal
    2. subsidence

See definition of remission in Merriam Webster