Remission

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act of remitting.
  • noun. A condition or period in which something is remitted.
  • noun. A lessening of intensity or degree; abatement.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Abatement or subsiding of the symptoms of a disease.
  • noun. The period during which the symptoms of a disease abate or subside.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Release, as from a debt, penalty, or obligation.
  • noun. Forgiveness; pardon.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of remitting.
  • noun. The act of sending to a distant place, as money; remittance.
  • noun. Abatement; a temporary subsidence, as of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as distinguished from intermission, in which the disease leaves the patient entirely for a time.
  • noun. Diminution or cessation of intensity; abatement; relaxation; moderation: as, the remission of extreme rigor; the remission of close study or of labor.
  • noun. Discharge or relinquishment, as of a debt, claim, or right; a giving up: as, the remission of a tax or duty.
  • noun. The act of forgiving; forgiveness; pardon; the giving up of the punishment due to a crime.
  • noun. Synonyms Absolution, etc. See pardon.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.
  • noun. Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc.
  • noun. Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. The act of sending back.
  • noun. Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A lessening of amount due, as in either work or money or intensity of a thing.
  • noun. A pardon of a sin; the forgiveness of an offense.
  • noun. An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease.
  • noun. Referring a case back to a lower (inferior) court of law.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a payment of money sent to a person in another place
  • noun. (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
  • noun. an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
  • noun. the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance