Definitions for: Remission


[n] the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
[n] the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
[n] an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"
[n] a payment of money sent to a person in another place



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

2. Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a
claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression;
release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc.

This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed
for many for the remission of sins. --Matt. xxvi.
28.

That ples, therefore, . . . Will gain thee no
remission. --Milton.

3. Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.

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.

5. The act of sending back. [R.] --Stackhouse.

6. Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.

Synonyms: absolution, remission of sin, remit, remitment, remitment, remittal, remittal, remittal, remittance, subsidence

See Also: abatement, hiatus, payment, penance, redemption, referral, reprieve, resolution, respite, salvation, suspension

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