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re·mis·sion (rĭ-mĭsh′ən)
n.
1.
a. The act of remitting.
b. A condition or period in which something is remitted.
2. A lessening of intensity or degree; abatement.
3.
a. Medicine Abatement or subsiding of the symptoms of a disease.
b. The period during which the symptoms of a disease abate or subside.
4.
a. Release, as from a debt, penalty, or obligation.
b. Forgiveness; pardon.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin remissiō, remissiōn-, from remissus, past participle of remittere, to let go; see remit.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
remission (rɪˈmɪʃən) or less commonly remittal
n
1. (Law) the act of remitting or state of being remitted
2. (Commerce) the act of remitting or state of being remitted
3. (Law) a reduction of the term of a sentence of imprisonment, as for good conduct: he got three years' remission.
4. (Ecclesiastical Terms) forgiveness for sin
5. discharge or release from penalty, obligation, etc
6. lessening of intensity; abatement, as in the severity of symptoms of a disease
reˈmissive adj
reˈmissively adv
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
re•mis•sion (rɪˈmɪʃ ən)

n.
1. the act of remitting.
2. pardon; forgiveness, as of offenses.
3. abatement or diminution, as of intensity.
4. the relinquishment of a payment, obligation, etc.
5.
a. a temporary or permanent decrease or subsidence of manifestations of a disease.
b. a period during which such a remission occurs.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
re·mis·sion (rĭ-mĭsh′ən)
A lessening or disappearance of the symptoms of a disease, especially cancer.
The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
remission, remit - Remission originally meant forgiveness or pardon for an offense or sin, and remit meant "forgive, pardon."
See also related terms for sin.
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Noun 1. remission - an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"
subsidence, remittal
abatement, hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension - an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
resolution - the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung)
2. remission - a payment of money sent to a person in another place
remitment, remittal, remittance
payment - a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
3. remission - (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
remit, remitment
referral - the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency)
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
4. remission - the act of absolving or remittingremission - the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
remission of sin, absolution, remittal
redemption, salvation - (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
indulgence - the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution; "in the Middle Ages the unrestricted sale of indulgences by pardoners became a widespread abuse"
penance - a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution