Meaning of REMISSION
| Pronunciation: | | ri'mishun
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | absolution, remission of sin, remit, remitment, remitment, remittal, remittal, remittal, remittance, subsidence |
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| | See Also: | | abatement, hiatus, payment, penance, redemption, referral, reprieve, resolution, respite, salvation, suspension | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A period or state during which the symptoms of a disease subside or decrease. |
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