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remission
(r/I/'m/I//S//@/n )

noun (n)

  • an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)(noun.event)
    Example:
    His cancer is in remission.
    source: wordnet30
  • a payment of money sent to a person in another place(noun.possession)
    source: wordnet30
  • (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    remit, remitment
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance(noun.act)
    source: wordnet30
  • The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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