From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Remission \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.
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2. Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a
claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression;
release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc.
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This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed
for many for the remission of sins. --Matt. xxvi.
28.
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That ples, therefore, . . .
Will gain thee no remission. --Milton.
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3. Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.
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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.
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5. The act of sending back. [R.] --Stackhouse.
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6. Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
remission
n 1: an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the
manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"
[syn: {remission}, {remittal}, {subsidence}]
2: a payment of money sent to a person in another place [syn:
{remittance}, {remittal}, {remission}, {remitment}]
3: (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law
case to another court) [syn: {remission}, {remitment},
{remit}]
4: the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as
pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance [syn:
{absolution}, {remission}, {remittal}, {remission of sin}]
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